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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person living in a particular place |
| Synonyms: | citizen, denizen, dweller, habitant, householder, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, liver, local, lodger, native, occupant, resider, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
| Synonyms: | built-in, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, in the grain, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, indispensable, individual, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, running in the family, subjective, unalienable |
| Notes: | the word innate means 'inborn' and should apply to living things; inherent is 'essential, intrinsic' and applies best to nonliving things like ideas |
| Antonyms: | acquired, added, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | local |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person deeply rooted in community |
| Synonyms: | character, inhabitant, native, resident |
| Antonyms: | alien, foreigner, nonnative |
| 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: | own |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belonging to individual |
| Synonyms: | endemic, hers, his, individual, inherent, intrinsic, its, mine, owned, particular, peculiar, personal, private, resident, theirs, very own, yours |
| Main Entry: | tenant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who leases a place |
| Synonyms: | addressee, boarder, dweller, holder, householder, indweller, inhabitant, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, occupant, occupier, possessor, rent payer, renter, resident, roomer |
| Notes: | a tenant is one who has a right or lease to occupy a place; a tenet is a belief, rule or part of a doctrine |
| Antonyms: | landlord |
| Main Entry: | intern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | apprentice |
| Synonyms: | doctor, immure, resident, student, trainee |
| Main Entry: | dweller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tenant |
| Synonyms: | inhabitant, occupant, resident |
| Main Entry: | lodger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guest |
| Synonyms: | boarder, lessee, renter, resident, roomer, tenant |
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