tenants

NOUN

person who leases a place

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dweller holder inhabitant occupant renter resident

STRONG

addressee boarder householder indweller leaseholder lessee lodger occupier possessor roomer

WEAK

rent payer

Antonyms

WEAK

landlord

Example Sentences

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Tenants who want to leave can give two months' notice.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Tenants who believe the figure is excessive can challenge the landlord at a first-tier tribunal, a type of civil court.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Tenants grumbled about rising HOA fees and prepared to take out their own trash and sort through their own packages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Tenants in common do not have the right of survivorship.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 6, 2025

Tenants, made jobless by the fever, ran out of rent money and were turned out of their homes.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy