| Main Entry: | tenant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who leases a place |
Synonyms: |
addressee, boarder, dweller, holder, householder, indweller, inhabitant, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, occupant, occupier, possessor, rent payer, renter, resident, roomer |
| Notes: | a tenant is one who has a right or lease to occupy a place; a tenet is a belief, rule or part of a doctrine |
Antonyms: |
landlord |
| Main Entry: | dwell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live in |
Synonyms: |
abide, bide, bunk, continue, crash*, establish oneself, exist, flop, hang one's hat, hang out*, hole up, inhabit, keep house, locate, lodge, make one's home, nest, occupy, park*, perch*, pitch tent, quarter, remain, rent, reside, rest, room, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, stop, tarry, tenant, tent |
| Main Entry: | guest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person accommodated, given hospitality |
Synonyms: |
bedfellow, boarder, caller, client, companion, company, customer, ephemera, frequenter, habitué, inmate, lodger, mate, out-of-towner, partaker, patron, recipient, renter, roomer, sharer, sojourner, tenant, transient, vacationer, visitant, visitor |
| Main Entry: | inhabit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take up residence in |
Synonyms: |
abide, crash, dwell, indwell, live, locate, lodge, make one's home, occupy, park, people, perch, populate, possess, reside, roost, settle, squat, stay, tenant |
Antonyms: |
depart, leave, move, vacate |
| Main Entry: | inhabitant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is resident of habitation |
Synonyms: |
aborigine, addressee, autochthon, boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, indweller, inmate, lessee, lodger, native, neighbor, occupant, occupier, renter, resider, roomer, settler, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite |
| Main Entry: | occupant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who resides in a place |
Synonyms: |
addressee, denizen, dweller, holder, householder, incumbent, indweller, inhabitant, lessee, occupier, possessor, renter, resident, resider, tenant, user |
Antonyms: |
displaced person |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reside; use |
Synonyms: |
be established, be in command, be in residence, cover, dwell, ensconce, establish, fill, hold, inhabit, involve, keep, live in, maintain, own, people, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, remain, sit, stay, take up, tenant, utilize |
Antonyms: |
not use |
| Main Entry: | reside |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live or exist in |
Synonyms: |
abide, be intrinsic to, be vested, bide, consist, continue, crash*, dig*, dwell, endure, hang one's hat, inhabit, inhere, lie, locate, lodge, nest, occupy, park*, people, perch, populate, remain, rest with, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, take up residence, tenant |
| Main Entry: | resident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person living in a particular place |
Synonyms: |
citizen, denizen, dweller, habitant, householder, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, liver, local, lodger, native, occupant, resider, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite |
| Main Entry: | lodger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guest |
Synonyms: |
boarder, lessee, renter, resident, roomer, tenant |