Synonyms for resident
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
Related words
- Word family
- residency
- Phrases
- resident doctor resident minister
- Is a kind of
- bird animal creature physician doctor
- Other spellings
- rezident
Forms
- Plural
- residents → denizens, citizens, inhabitants, dwellers…
Example sentences
- citizen In capitalism, a citizen is not obligated to shop.
- occupant Gabor wasn't the only occupant of that house.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| resident | falling | |
| citizen | falling | |
| occupant | falling | |
| dweller | falling | |
| inhabitant | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- tenant2, inmate2
- 7 letters
- citizen3, dweller2, denizen3, resider
- 8 letters
- occupant3, occupier4, homeling
- 9 letters
- inhabiter
- 10 letters
- inhabitant4
- 12 letters
- residentiary
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tenant2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- résident