residence

residence is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.
2. noun. The place where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or permanent home or domicile.
3. noun. The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
4. noun. The place where anything rests permanently.
5. noun. Subsidence, as of a sediment.
6. noun. That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
7. noun. the act of dwelling in a place

   Synonyms: abidance, residency

8. noun. a large and imposing house

   Synonyms: hall, manse, mansion

9. noun. the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)

   "he refused to live in the governor's residence"

10. noun. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

    "a person can have several residences"

    Synonyms: abode

Synonyms

abidance, residency, hall, manse, mansion, abode

Common word forms

residencer, residences

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for RESIDENCE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.