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Synonyms for inhabitant

Most common

citizen resident dweller denizen

All synonyms

Noun

1. Dweller — someone or thing who lives in a place

dweller, denizen, resident, citizen, tenant, native, occupant, inmate, residentiary, indweller, habitant dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Someone or thing who lives in a place.

Related words

Word family
inhabitancy inhabit
Is a kind of
person

Forms

Plural
inhabitants → dwellers, denizens, 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?
  • denizen Tom is a denizen of the Internet.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
inhabitantfalling
citizenfalling
residentfalling
dwellerfalling
denizenrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
native2, tenant2, inmate2
7 letters
citizen3, dweller2, denizen3
8 letters
resident3, occupant3, habitant
9 letters
indweller
12 letters
residentiary

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (native2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
habitant
Italiano
abitante
Deutsch
Einwohner
Català
habitant