HOUSED Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

housed

verb

past tense of house

as in lodged

to provide with living quarters or shelter some of the freshmen were temporarily housed in local motels while the new dorm was being finished

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as in encased

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers the famous document is housed in a special display case

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Recent Examples of housed It is housed in the same building as the attraction’s affiliate, The Escape Game, which opened in 2015 and took hold in the world of escape rooms. —

Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026 The Spanish Revival skyscraper once housed one of the city’s first newspapers, but later served as a resource center for hundreds of thousands of Cubans seeking asylum in the United States, according to Miami Dade College, which now operates the site as a museum. —

ABC News, 14 May 2026 Pendry Chicago is an easy 10-minute walk to the Art Institute and is housed within the iconic 1929 Art Deco Carbide & Carbon Building. —

Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2026 It is housed within the All-Up Round (AUR). —

Adityajadhav, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026 The zoo has housed a pair of pandas before, with Lun Lun and Yang Yang becoming star attractions there back in 1999. —

Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 14 May 2026 The detention facility, located in the Florida Everglades, operated for approximately nine months and housed roughly 1,400 detainees at its peak. —

Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 14 May 2026 Too many San Diegans are struggling to stay housed or are already living on our streets. —

David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 The lunar landscape and moonbase are being housed at Studio Ulster, the UK’s largest virtual production studio. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 May 2026

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At various points throughout the past few months, the loose body would become lodged elsewhere inside Skubal’s arm, like a stick in a bike tire and Skubal’s elbow would become locked.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 May 2026
One bullet lodged in a panel on the SUV’s passenger side.

— Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 May 2026