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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obligatory |
| Synonyms: | binding, compelling, necessary, urgent |
| Main Entry: | inhabitant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is resident of habitation |
| Synonyms: | aborigine, addressee, autochthon, boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, indweller, inmate, lessee, lodger, native, neighbor, occupant, occupier, renter, resider, roomer, settler, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite |
| Main Entry: | occupant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who resides in a place |
| Synonyms: | addressee, denizen, dweller, holder, householder, incumbent, indweller, inhabitant, lessee, occupier, possessor, renter, resident, resider, tenant, user |
| Antonyms: | displaced person |
| Main Entry: | official |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person representing organization |
| Synonyms: | CEO, administrator, agent, big shot, boss, brains, brass, bureaucrat, chancellor, civil servant, commissioner, comptroller, dignitary, director, exec, executive, front office, functionary, governor, head person, higher-up, incumbent, leader, magistrate, manager, marshal, mayor, minister, officeholder, officer, panjandrum, premier, president, representative, secretary, top brass, top dog, top drawer, top*, treasurer |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | responsible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accountable, in charge |
| Synonyms: | answerable, at fault, at the helm, authoritative, bonded, bound, bound to, carrying the load, censurable, chargeable, compelled, constrained, contracted, culpable, decision-making, devolving on, duty-bound, engaged, executive, exposed, fettered, guilty, hampered, held, high, important, in authority, in control, incumbent, liable, minding the store, obligated, obliged, on the hook, open, pledged, subject, susceptive, sworn to, tied, to blame, under contract, under obligation |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust |
| Antonyms: | excused, exempt, free, immune, irresponsible |
| Main Entry: | lame duck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elected official waiting to leave office |
| Synonyms: | crumbling power, holdover, incumbent, loser, weak administration, weakling |
| Main Entry: | resting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive |
| Synonyms: | abed, incumbent, lying, nonactive, reclining, repose, static, upon |
| Antonyms: | active |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Inhabitant. |
| Category: | 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE |
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-nouns
inhabitant; resident, residentiary; dweller, indweller; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier, cotter; compatriot; backsettler, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter., native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones; Englishman, John Bull; newcomer (stranger)., aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck, downeaster [U.S.], Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan., garrison, crew; population; people (mankind); colony, settlement; household; mir.
-adjectives
indigenous; native, natal; autochthonal, autochthonous; British; English; American; Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh; domestic; domiciliated, domiciled; naturalized, vernacular, domesticated; domiciliary., in the occupation of; garrisoned by, occupied by.
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