Residence meaning

What does “residence” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“residence” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily.

residence

noun

  1. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

    “a person can have several residences”

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

    “he refused to live in the governor's residence”

  3. the act of dwelling in a place

  4. a large and imposing house

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University