COHABITANTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

cohabitants

noun

plural of cohabitant

as in inhabitants

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Noun

Undeterred, Ghidorah returned for a rematch just a year later in Invasion of Astro Monster (1965), after being discovered supposedly terrorizing the inhabitants of Planet X, a world found beyond Jupiter.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of inhabitants

Noun

As a developer works to ease intense public pushback to its potential data center in Cromwell, residents in a town 30 miles to the north are campaigning to block similar operations from even being proposed in their community.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2026
SpaceX needs permission from Cochise County, where the proposal has drawn opposition from some residents.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of residents

Noun

Witnesses described occupants of two vehicles shooting at each other, before speeding off.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026
In the European Union, car occupants die at roughly 28 times the rate of rail passengers, according to 2019 European Commission figures.

— Eric D. Goodman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of occupants

Noun

For studio apartment dwellers or homes where square footage is precious, this miniature cart is slim enough to slip into discreet spaces until happy hour rolls around.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of dwellers

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Housing activists hope the show of force will lead to more regulations to protect tenants and crack down on real estate speculation, while Spain's left-wing government is seeking to mobilize voters ahead of a national election later this month.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Aladdin building open and leasing Not even two years later, the Aladdin is now open and leasing, and tenants have already moved in.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 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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