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Synonyms for roomer

Most common

tenant boarder lodger

All synonyms

Noun

1. Boarder — A person who rents a room

boarder, lodger, tenant

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who rents a room.

    Near-synonyms: boarder, tenant

Related words

Word family
roommate

Forms

Plural
roomers → boarders, lodgers, tenants…

Example sentences

  • tenant It will be easy to find a tenant for this house.
  • boarder We've decided to take in a boarder.
  • lodger The lodger next door lives on about 30,000 yen a month.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
roomerfalling
tenantfalling
boarderrising
lodgerrising

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

By length

6 letters
tenant2, lodger
7 letters
boarder2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tenant2 = 2 syllables).