Synonyms for denizen
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.
The giant squid is one of many denizens of the deep.
- n. 2
One who frequents a place.
The denizens of that pub are of the roughest sort.
Related words
- Word family
- denize denizenize
Forms
- Plural
- denizens → dwellers, inhabitants, residents, citizens…
Example sentences
- citizen In capitalism, a citizen is not obligated to shop.
- resident I know that Tom isn't a long-time Boston resident.
- dweller Who are you, dweller of this tiny stellar corpse?
- inhabitant Sami is the only inhabitant of the island.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| denizen | rising | |
| citizen | falling | |
| resident | falling | |
| dweller | falling | |
| inhabitant | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- native2, inmate2
- 7 letters
- regular3, subject2, citizen3, dweller2
- 8 letters
- resident3, habitant
- 9 letters
- sojourner3, indweller
- 10 letters
- inhabitant4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (native2 = 2 syllables).