| 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: | citizen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person native of country |
Synonyms: |
John/Jane Q. Public, aborigine, burgess, burgher, civilian, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, freeman/woman, householder, inhabitant, member of body politic, member of community, national, native, naturalized person, occupant, resident, settler, subject, taxpayer, townsperson, urbanite, villager, voter |
| Notes: | a denizen is someone who inhabits a particular place while a citizen is a native or naturalized member of a state, city, town, or other political community |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreigner, immigrant |
| Main Entry: | community |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society, area of people |
Synonyms: |
association, body politic, center, colony, commonality, commonwealth, company, district, general public, hamlet, locality, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, people, populace, public, residents, society, state, stomping ground, territory, turf |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
Synonyms: |
built-in, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, in the grain, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, indispensable, individual, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, running in the family, subjective, unalienable |
Antonyms: |
acquired, added, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | local |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person deeply rooted in community |
Synonyms: |
character, inhabitant, native, resident |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreigner, nonnative |
| 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: | own |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belonging to individual |
Synonyms: |
endemic, hers, his, individual, inherent, intrinsic, its, mine, owned, particular, peculiar, personal, private, resident, theirs, very own, yours |
| Main Entry: | population |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inhabitants of a place |
Synonyms: |
citizenry, community, culture, denizens, dwellers, folk, natives, people, populace, public, residents, society, state |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
landlord |
| Main Entry: | dweller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tenant |
Synonyms: |
inhabitant, occupant, resident |