COHABITANTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

cohabitants

noun

plural of cohabitant

as in inhabitants

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Noun

This year’s number one restaurant and also the Best Restaurant in Europe is Asador Etxebarri, which calls Atxondo, a village of less than 1,500 inhabitants in Spain’s Basque Country, home.

— Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
The town of some 3,000 inhabitants declared three days of mourning with flags at half mast at the town hall.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of inhabitants

Noun

Following a community meeting attended by more than 200 Laramie County residents, Google and its partners are establishing a Community Council to address concerns about the effects of data center expansion on Cheyenne and surrounding communities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
That's three times Saline County's library levy and five times Craighead County's, which residents halved in 2022.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of residents

Noun

According to the Miami-Dade County Sheriff's Office, the helicopter went down as the occupants, who have only been identified as three adult males, were taking photos of boats near Bill Baggs State Park off Key Biscayne.

— Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
That futon-like design works in conjunction with a stowaway table to support occupants in more ergonomic in-tent dining and laptop work.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of occupants

Noun

Raman began working with slum dwellers’ organizations in Delhi, first trying to stop the evictions and later documenting conditions in the resettlement colonies, pushing for running water and better sanitation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Big-suite dwellers receive special perks, such as complimentary laundry service and in-suite espresso machines.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of dwellers

Noun

Unfortunately for us, those tenants have evolved a sticky knack for evading eviction, creating a webbing known as biofilm that prevents them from being easily licked or swallowed away.

— Mike McRae, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
Longtime tenants that have remained include Mortimer’s, Red Eye Diner, Fuji Hibachi and Teriyaki Grill, and Bowlero.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of tenants

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

Many of the art world’s denizens could have warned them away from the stunt.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The news was first reported by Variety, but eagle-eyed social media denizens had already been sent into gossip overload after videos of Wilson following and filming Styles started to make the rounds over the weekend.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2026

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