domicile
Official permanent address
Domicile is a formal or legal term for a person's permanent home—the place where they officially reside for tax, voting, and legal purposes.
It carries more weight than "address" or "residence," implying established roots: Her domicile for tax purposes is Nevada.
The word sounds bureaucratic in casual speech, where "home" suffices.
Place one inhabits
- abodePlace of residence
- dwellingPlace of residence
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
- lodgingTemporary place to stay
accommodation · house · apartment · flat · cottage · bungalow · villa · manor
Fireplace floor area
- familyRelated people together
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- warmthHeat you feel
- cozinessComfortable warm intimacy
nest · sanctuary · domesticity · familiarity · togetherness · privacy · intimacy · homeliness
Place of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- asylumShelter from persecution
- havenShelter from danger
- protectionGuarding against harm
safehouse · bunker · hideaway · retreat · harbor · stronghold · shack · lean-to
Legal authority's scope
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
- deedWritten property conveyance
- tenureProtected employment status
- leaseholdRented property interest
freehold · title · ownership · conveyancing · mortgage · probate · inheritance · zoning
residence
Place one inhabits
lodging · accommodation · house · apartment · flat · cottage · bungalow · villa · manor · estate
hearth
Fireplace floor area
coziness · nest · sanctuary · domesticity · familiarity · togetherness · privacy · intimacy · homeliness · repose
refuge
Place of safety
protection · safehouse · bunker · hideaway · retreat · harbor · stronghold · shack · lean-to · igloo
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
- deedWritten property conveyance
- tenureProtected employment status
leasehold · freehold · title · ownership · conveyancing · mortgage · probate · inheritance · zoning · ordinance
hotel
Commercial lodging establishment
guesthouse · hostel · timeshare · rental · sublet · bedsit · camp · tent · caravan · houseboat
dormitory
Student living building
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- hostelShared traveler lodging
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
convent · ashram · kibbutz · commune · orphanage · sanatorium · ryokan · pension · chalet · bothy
- civil lawproperty disputes, Napoleonic Code, litigation, damage claims, codification
- homehouse, home, apartment, condo, bathroom
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- astrologyastrology, zodiac, horoscope, horoscopes, birth chart
- immobiliervilla, residence, studio, loft, duplex
- places to livehome, house, apartment, residence, dwelling
domiciletravel
Movement between locations
nomadism · vagrancy · itinerancy · homelessness · migration
domicileexile
Banishment from homeland
displacement · banishment · eviction · expulsion · deportation
domicilewilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
outdoors · wild · open country · street · unsheltered
- legal domicileOfficial place of residence