occupant

occupant

noun

Definition of OCCUPANT

one who lives permanently in a place <the only occupants of that house are an old lady and her cat>

Synonyms denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabiter, occupant, resident, resider, tenant

Related Words cohabitant, coresident; aborigine, native; citizen, national, subject; colonist, émigré (also emigr{eacute}), migrant, newcomer, settler; burgher, local, localite, townee [chiefly British], townie (or towny), townsman, villager

Near Antonyms alien, foreigner, nonresident; guest, tourist, visitor; defector, emigrant, escaper, evacuee, exile, expatriate, refugee

Antonyms transient