resides

Has a home

Resides means lives or dwells in a particular place: She resides in Boston.

The word is more formal than "lives"—you'll find it in legal documents, official forms, and formal writing.

Extended uses describe where something is located or situated: The power resides in the executive branch.

The answer resides in the data.

location

situated

Having a position

stationed · positioned · found · established · placed · settled · anchored · centered · sited · contained

dwelling

inhabit

To dwell within

tenant · shelter · abode · quarters · habitation · roost · nest · perch · billet · berth

permanence

settle

Reach final terms

abide · continue · endure · persist · root · anchor · entrench · implant · embed · fix

abstract

exist

Have actual being

  • dwellInhabit a place
  • lieDeliberate falsehood
  • restCessation of activity

inhere · belong · persist · endure · subsist · abide · remain · lodge · nestle · repose

Categories
Opposites
permanence of presence

residesvisits

Social calls

vacations · passes through · sojourns · stops by · lodges

presence vs. absence

residesdeparts

Goes away from

vacates · leaves · abandons · moves away · emigrates

stillness vs. movement

residesroams

Travels without fixed course

wanders · drifts · travels · migrates · rambles

Phrases
Family

resident, residence, reside, residents, resided, residency, residences, residing, nonresident

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