Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person accommodated, given hospitality |
| Synonyms: | bedfellow, boarder, caller, client, companion, company, customer, ephemera, frequenter, habitué, inmate, lodger, mate, out-of-towner, partaker, patron, recipient, renter, roomer, sharer, sojourner, tenant, transient, vacationer, visitant, visitor |
| 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: | boarder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lodger |
| Synonyms: | diner, guest, patron, paying guest, renter, roomer, visitor |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
| Antonyms: | host, hostess, landlord |
| Main Entry: | lodger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guest |
| Synonyms: | boarder, lessee, renter, resident, roomer, tenant |
| Main Entry: | renter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tenant |
| Synonyms: | boarder, leaseholder, lessee, occupant, rentee, roomer, sublessee |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Inhabitant. |
| Category: | 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE |
| Synonyms: |
-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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