Synonyms for citizen
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Resident — an inhabitant or occupant, a member of any place
resident, inhabitant, denizen UK, native, local, occupant, dweller, subject
2. Burgess — A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties
Other
national, comrade, townsman, townswoman rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
- n. 2
An inhabitant or occupant: a member of any place.
Diogenes reckoned himself a citizen of the world.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- citizens → residents, inhabitants, denizens, natives…
Example sentences
- native What can I do to sound more like a native speaker?
- resident I know that Tom isn't a long-time Boston resident.
- occupant Gabor wasn't the only occupant of that house.
- inhabitant Sami is the only inhabitant of the island.
- freeman The narrator of the documentary was Morgan Freeman.
- comrade How should he be addressed, "citizen" or "comrade?"
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| citizen | falling | |
| native | steady | |
| resident | falling | |
| occupant | falling | |
| inhabitant | falling | |
| freeman | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- local2
- 6 letters
- native2, burger2
- 7 letters
- subject2, freeman2, burgess2, comrade2, dweller2, denizen3, cityite
- 8 letters
- national3, resident3, occupant3, townsman2
- 10 letters
- inhabitant4, townswoman
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (local2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- citoyen
- Deutsch
- Staatsbürger
- Català
- ciutadà