as in tenants
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
a boarder who paid $100 per week for a room and meals
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Recent Examples of boarders
In the past, common practice for empty-nest homeowners, especially widows, was to have boarders living in their empty bedrooms to help pay their bills and avoid eviction.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
There are also places where skiers and boarders can explore off-piste terrain.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Images showed paddle boarders, surfers, swimmers and more in the ocean forming a ring and a heart at one point, while others watched from the beach.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
One of the boarders, Charlie, came down to buy a box of cereal and some milk.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
With snow in Colorado's mountains, skiers, boarders and other visitors are heading back to the high country.
—Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
By the 1960s, generations of boarders had carved up the original interiors, and a young couple saw an opportunity.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Nov. 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
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
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
There are also places where skiers and boarders can explore off-piste terrain.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Images showed paddle boarders, surfers, swimmers and more in the ocean forming a ring and a heart at one point, while others watched from the beach.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
One of the boarders, Charlie, came down to buy a box of cereal and some milk.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
With snow in Colorado's mountains, skiers, boarders and other visitors are heading back to the high country.
—Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
By the 1960s, generations of boarders had carved up the original interiors, and a young couple saw an opportunity.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Nov. 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarders
Noun
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Harlem tenants say the heat in their building has been inconsistent for weeks as a dangerous cold spell grips New York City.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Failed units must be remediated or tenants relocated within 30 days, as well as the establishment of a complaint hotline for 24/7 reporting and the requirement of a landlord response within five business days.—
JAMES HERRERA MONTEREY HERALD,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Boarders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarders. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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