inhabiting
Residing in somewhere
Inhabiting is the present participle of inhabit, meaning to live in or occupy a place.
People inhabit cities, animals inhabit forests, spirits supposedly inhabit haunted houses.
The word extends to abstract spaces: She seemed to be inhabiting a world of her own.
Unlike merely visiting, inhabiting implies ongoing residence or presence.
Filling or holding space
- residingOccupying a dwelling place
- livingCurrently having breath
- stayingContinuing in place
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
nesting · roosting · squatting · cohabitating · tenanting · lodging · boarding · bunking
occupying
Filling or holding space
settling · nesting · roosting · squatting · cohabitating · tenanting · lodging · boarding · bunking · camping
home
One's personal residence
abode · domicile · cottage · cabin · shelter · quarters · lodging · flat · bungalow · villa
settle
Reach final terms
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- establishCreate formally, permanently
found · populate · migrate · expand · spread · invade · overrun · infest · pervade · permeate
- populatingsettling, colonizing, occupying, filling, homesteading
- acting termsmethod acting, overacting, character voice, dialogue, body language
- body swappingmind transfer, soul transfer, transference, host body, vessel
- existenceexistence, being, lives, reality, life
- availabilityavailable, unavailable, sold out, in stock, out of stock
- home activitiescleaning, cooking, sleeping, bathing, eating
inhabitingvacating
Leaving a place empty
abandoning · evacuating · leaving · deserting · departing
inhabitingvisiting
Going to see someone
passing through · touring · sojourning · transiting · wandering
habitat, inhabitant, inhabitants, inhabit, uninhabited, inhabited, cohabit, cohabitation, uninhabitable