residential

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/ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/

adjective

Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.

“They live in a residential neighborhood.”

Opposite
nonresidential
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Meanings

adjectiveresidential (comparative more residential, superlative most residential)

comparative more residential · superlative most residential

  1. Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.

    They live in a residential neighborhood.

    1 more example

    Oakland firefighters battled a three-alarm residential fire on the 800 block of 20th Street on Tuesday night, fire officials said. […] Photos and video posted to social media show massive orange flames rising from the residential building.

    2021 April 6, Lauren Hernández, “Oakland firefighters battle three-alarm residential fire”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2021
  2. Used as a residence or by residents.
  3. Of or pertaining to residency.

    There is a residential requirement for obtaining a marriage license here.

nounresidential (plural residentials)

plural residentials

  1. A trip during which people temporarily live together.

    The youth group organises annual residentials.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveused or designed for residence or limited to residences

Opposite
nonresidential

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic سَكَنِيّ
  • سَكَنِيّ (sakaniyy)of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Bulgarian жили́щен
  • жили́щен (žilíšten)of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Catalan residencial
  • residencialof or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Czech obytný
  • obytnýof or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Finnish asuin-, asumis-
  • asuin-of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
  • asumis-of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
  • asunto-of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
French résidentiel
  • résidentielof or pertaining to a place of personal residence
German wohn-, Wohn-
  • wohn-of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
  • Wohn-of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Hindi आवासीय
  • आवासीय (āvāsīya)of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Italian residenziale
  • residenzialeof or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Polish mieszkaniowy, mieszkalny
  • mieszkaniowyof or pertaining to a place of personal residence
  • mieszkalnyof or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Russian жило́й, жили́щный
  • жило́й (žilój)of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
  • жили́щный (žilíščnyj)of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Slovak obytný
  • obytnýof or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Spanish residencial, residencial
  • residencialof or pertaining to a place of personal residence
  • residencialof or pertaining to residency
Ukrainian житлови́й, жили́й
  • житлови́й (žytlovýj)of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
  • жили́й (žylýj)of or pertaining to a place of personal residence
Cite this entry
APA

residential. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/residential

MLA

“residential.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/residential. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “residential,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/residential.

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