tenant | Definition of tenant

Synonyms and Antonyms of tenant

1 one who rents a room or apartment in another's house

the laundry in the basement is for tenants only

Synonyms of tenant

boarder, lessee, lodger, renter, roomer

Words Related to tenant

cotenant, subtenant

flatmate [chiefly British], roommate (also roomie)

occupant, occupier, resident, resider

Near Antonyms of tenant

laird [chiefly Scottish], landholder, landowner, proprietor

host, innkeeper, proprietor

Antonyms of tenant

landlord, lessor, letter

2 one who lives permanently in a place

the abandoned warehouse's only tenants are a band of squatters

Synonyms of tenant

denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, inhabiter, occupant, resident, resider

Words Related to tenant

cohabitant, coresident

aborigine, native

citizen, national, subject

colonist, émigré (also emigré), migrant, newcomer, settler

burgher, local, localite, townee [chiefly British], townie (or towny), townsman, villager

Near Antonyms of tenant

alien, foreigner, nonresident

guest, tourist, visitor

defector, emigrant, escaper, evacuee, exile, expatriate, refugee

Antonyms of tenant