COHABITANTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

cohabitants

noun

plural of cohabitant

as in inhabitants

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Noun

While growing up, the Garden of Eden changed far beyond the life needs of its inhabitants.

— Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
The Hitlerite hordes are murdering and outraging the peaceful inhabitants of our country, having no mercy on women, children or old people.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of inhabitants

Noun

And some have speculated that the Midwestern city and its some 15,000 Haitians residents would be a focus of arrests after TPS ended.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
For generations, the 103-year-old Catholic parish has been a beacon of solace and resistance for residents angry about the latest indignity to befall the historic heart of Latino Los Angeles.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of residents

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

The current property owner has publicly stated that relocation assistance would be made available to eligible tenants if the plan is approved.

— Emily McLeod, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
His Marina del Rey company LaTerra Development recently completed a 575-unit complex along the 5 Freeway near the Burbank MetroLink station that caters to tenants in the entertainment industry.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of tenants

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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

In a primary field that looks to be crowded by denizens of the party’s left, a credible moderate could win the nomination and, if current polling is accurate, easily defeat a MAGA GOP candidate.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Used to constant attention in Europe, these new short-term denizens of Athens enjoyed a refreshingly anonymous existence.

— Tom Campbell, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

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