boarder

noun

board·​er ˈbȯr-dər 

plural boarders

1

: one that boards

especially : one that is provided with regular meals or regular meals and lodging

Mrs. Eads was able to rent the upstairs of a house that faced the river. It was evidently large enough for her to take in boarders and so bring in some income.

—Henry Petroski

2

a

: a person who rides a snowboard : snowboarder

More and more adult boarders are appearing on the slopes of Western ski resorts …

—Ben Davidson

b

: a person who rides a skateboard : skateboarder

Skateboarding is the fastest-growing extreme sport in the United States, with more than 3 million new boarders taking up sport in 2003.

—Michael Lisi

Synonyms

• tenant
• lodger
• roomer
• visitor

Examples of boarder in a Sentence

She decided to take in boarders.

Half of the students are boarders.

Recent Examples on the Web

Estimated torque checks in at 310 Nm (229 lb-ft) continuous, 525 Nm (387 lb-ft) peak, an advantage when trying to tug water skiers and wake boarders up out of the water and gliding forward. —New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025

Those boarders already exist, in Paris and in every city in the world, where the rich people living in one neighborhood don’t mix with the people from poorer quarters. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025

The family scraped by during the Depression by renting out to boarders. —Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025

This area is also popular with kayakers, stand-up paddle boarders and other boaters, and there are often spectators gathered on the rocks to watch the action on the water. —Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for boarder

• border
• corder
• order
• warder
• camcorder
• disorder
• recorder
• reorder
• suborder
• transborder

Kids Definition

boarder

noun

board·​er ˈbōrd-ər 

ˈbȯrd-

1

: one who pays for meals and sometimes lodging at another's house

2

: a person who rides a snowboard