dwell

dwell is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To delay; to linger. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To delay; to linger.
2. intransitive verb. To abide; to remain; to continue.
3. intransitive verb. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.
4. transitive verb. To inhabit.
5. verb. think moodily or anxiously about something

   Synonyms: brood

6. verb. come back to

   "Don't dwell on the past"

   "She is always harping on the same old things"

   Synonyms: harp

7. verb. inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of

   "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"

   "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"

   Synonyms: inhabit, live, populate

8. verb. originate (in)

   "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

   Synonyms: consist, lie

9. verb. exist or be situated within

   "Strange notions inhabited her mind"

   Synonyms: inhabit

Synonyms

brood, harp, inhabit, live, populate, consist, lie

Common word forms

dwells, dwelled, dweller, dwelling

Words from these letters

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