roomer

roomer

noun

Definition of ROOMER

one who rents a room or apartment in another's house <the new owners took in roomers to help pay for the house>

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