Synonyms for residentiary
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A canon who has an official residence.
Forms
- Plural
- residentiaries → residents, dwellers, inhabitants, sojourners…
Example sentences
- 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.
- sojourner And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| residentiary | falling | |
| resident | falling | |
| dweller | falling | |
| inhabitant | falling | |
| sojourner | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- dweller2
- 8 letters
- resident3
- 9 letters
- sojourner3
- 10 letters
- inhabitant4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dweller2 = 2 syllables).