Synonyms of dwellers

dwellers

noun

plural of dweller

as in residents

one who lives permanently in a place

the kinds of nuisances that city dwellers are all too familiar with

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dwellers

California renters, apartment dwellers and others who can’t install full rooftop solar systems are one step closer to lowering their electric bills with smaller plug-in solar panels. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Hours at a time isn’t an exaggeration, especially since the 14S lasted a jaw-dropping 38 hours and 29 minutes in our video testing, which is the kind of endurance coffee shop dwellers can only dream about. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Beneath the balcony, this street, witness to and confidante of the entire twenty-three years of these young people’s lives, was languishing in the fragrant July night, densely thronged with strolling city dwellers even now. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Oakland is implementing a new encampment policy that allows inhabited vehicles to be cited and towed more quickly, drawing the ire of RV dwellers who say the city is reneging on its promises. — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

The change in psychological distress levels since the pandemic was twice as large for solo dwellers in remote-friendly jobs compared with those who live with others, the Science study found. — Cordilia James, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Just like today’s tentacled ocean dwellers, the Mesozoic squid ancestor likely had no problem devouring its relatives—or even members of its own species. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026

The modular design is easy to assemble (a gift for any apartment dwellers). — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026

Though it is imbued with metaphorical and historical significance, Olivier also sculpted this work with the physical needs of city dwellers in mind. — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2026