Synonyms for dweller
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
The new couple are apartment dwellers.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- dwellers → inhabitants, denizens, residents, tenants…
Example sentences
- resident I know that Tom isn't a long-time Boston resident.
- tenant It will be easy to find a tenant for this house.
- inhabitant Sami is the only inhabitant of the island.
- denizen Tom is a denizen of the Internet.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dweller | falling | |
| resident | falling | |
| tenant | falling | |
| inhabitant | falling | |
| denizen | rising | |
| inhabiter | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- tenant2, inmate2
- 7 letters
- citizen3, denizen3
- 8 letters
- resident3, occupant3, habitant
- 9 letters
- sojourner3, indweller, inhabiter
- 10 letters
- inhabitant4
- 12 letters
- residentiary
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tenant2 = 2 syllables).