CLIFF DWELLERS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

cliff dwellers

noun

plural of cliff dweller

as in residents

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Noun

In past weeks, authorities shut down cafes in central Tehran that were popular with residents during the ceasefire.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
An evacuation shelter was opened at a community college for residents fleeing their homes.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of residents

Noun

The second story in the Faraway trilogy, the film and book follow three siblings who move to the English countryside and discover a magical tree and its fantastical inhabitants.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Zainetti said emergency teams have been hard at work to try and secure the village so inhabitants can safely return soon.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of inhabitants

Noun

Pricing, for now, is under wraps – although pre-orders are open for Chinese nationals on its website.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
Wadkins went to nationals her junior year for a documentary about Kitty Cone and the 504 sit-in after placing second at the state-level National History Day competition.

— Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of nationals

Noun

Their replacements might be anonymous shadow dwellers, but that’s OK.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
It's been a hot, dry year for the southwestern United States, and water levels on the Colorado River are low, raising questions for Southwestern urban dwellers about whether cities like Las Vegas will run out of water in the near future.

— Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 28 July 2026

Definition of dwellers

Noun

Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project.

— Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

Definition of habitants

Noun

The 10 men, all Venice natives, will come to people's homes or businesses and get encampments or people living on sidewalks, doorsteps and yards to leave.

— Laurie Perez, CBS News, 31 July 2026
As Jesuit missions and Spanish colonization took over the continent in the 16th century, mate was popularized across other countries and between settlers and natives alike to become the region’s largest export.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

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