renter

renter

noun

Definition of RENTER

1

one who rents a room or apartment in another's house <one of the renters called to tell us the hot water heater was broken>

Synonyms boarder, lessee, lodger, renter, roomer

Related Words cotenant, subtenant; flatmate [chiefly British], roommate (also roomie); guest, visitor; occupant, occupier, resident, resider

Near Antonyms laird [chiefly Scottish], landholder, landowner, proprietor; landlady; slumlord; host, innkeeper, proprietor

Antonyms landlord, lessor, letter

2

the owner of land or housing that is rented to another <left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck>

Synonyms lessor, letter, renter

Related Words landlady; laird, landholder, landowner; proprietor; slumlord

Antonyms lessee, lodger, roomer, tenant