Synonyms of denizens

denizens

noun

plural of denizen

1

as in fans

someone who regularly spends time in a particular place

one of those muscle-bound denizens of the gym

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fans
• lovers
• patrons
• guests
• habitués
• rats
• regulars
• frequenters
• customers
• familiars
• clients
• haunters
• enthusiasts
• devotees
• addicts
• fanatics
• aficionados
• fanciers
• maniacs
• nuts
• buffs
• fiends
• bugs
• freaks

2

as in inhabitants

one who lives permanently in a place

the polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inhabitants
• residents
• occupants
• inhabiters
• residers
• tenants
• dwellers
• citizens
• natives
• habitants
• aborigines
• newcomers
• émigrés
• cohabitants
• nationals
• villagers
• colonists
• migrants
• coresidents
• settlers
• burghers
• townsmen
• locals
• subjects
• localites
• townies
• townees

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aliens
• foreigners
• visitors
• transients
• tourists
• guests
• nonresidents
• refugees
• emigrants
• expatriates
• exiles
• evacuees
• defectors
• escapers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of denizens

The 400-year span starts with the Lenape footpath and works its way up to today, when one of the last Bowery artists, Billy Sullivan, has painted the denizens as part of a massive installation of portraits. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026

Lawrence has spent plenty of time with students on Michigan State's sprawling campus, but he's also become a staple at meetings of residents — often farmers or other rural denizens — fighting data center proposals. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

There’s a certain wavelength of hangdog humor that denizens of the former Soviet Republics seem able to tune into at will, and Georgian director Levan Koguashvili more than most. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Both Japan and Ethiopia have approximately 130 million denizens, but their dermatologist count is more than 7,000 and around 200, respectively. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

Under this nomenclature, Fredonia would be the poetic and literary term, and denizens of the nation would be called Fredonians, or more colloquially, Fredes. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Hickey is the charismatic traveling salesman who preaches a distorted vision of salvation to the social misfits and leftist radicals in a dive bar in lower Manhattan, modeled on the denizens of a favorite O’Neill hangout. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026

Like the resourceful denizens of China’s rotten-tail buildings, the most successful leaders will be the ones who take their fate into their own hands instead of waiting for a new set of rules to rescue them. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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, 7 Aug. 2026