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| Main Entry: | tenant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who leases a place |
| Synonyms: | boarder, dweller, householder, inhabitant, lessee, lodger, occupant, possessor, renter, resident, addressee, holder, indweller, leaseholder, occupier, rent payer, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person accommodated, given hospitality |
| Synonyms: | boarder, caller, client, companion, company, customer, frequenter*, habitué, inmate, lodger, mate, patron, recipient, renter, tenant, transient, visitor, bedfellow, ephemera, out-of-towner, partaker, roomer, sharer, sojourner, vacationer, visitant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, inmate, lessee, lodger, native, neighbor, occupant, renter, settler, squatter, tenant, addressee, autochthon, indweller, occupier, resider, roomer, suburbanite, urbanite |
| Main Entry: | occupant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who resides in a place |
| Synonyms: | denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, inhabitant, lessee, possessor, renter, resident, tenant, addressee, holder, indweller, occupier, resider, user |
| Antonyms: | displaced person |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person living in a particular place |
| Synonyms: | citizen, denizen, dweller, habitant, householder, inhabitant, inmate, local, lodger, native, occupant, squatter, tenant, indweller, liver, resider, suburbanite, urbanite |
| Main Entry: | lodger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guest |
| Synonyms: | boarder, lessee, renter, resident, tenant, roomer |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reside; use |
| Synonyms: | cover, dwell, ensconce, establish, fill, hold, inhabit, involve, keep, maintain, own, people, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, remain, sit, stay, take up, tenant, utilize, be established, be in command, be in residence, live in |
| Antonyms: | not use |
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