Synonyms of habitant

habitant

noun

as in inhabitant

one who lives permanently in a place

the habitants of Indiana are nicknamed "Hoosiers"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inhabitant
• resident
• occupant
• resider
• tenant
• inhabiter
• dweller
• citizen
• native
• denizen
• aborigine
• cohabitant
• national
• colonist
• émigré
• villager
• newcomer
• townsman
• migrant
• settler
• coresident
• burgher
• subject
• local
• localite
• townee
• townie

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alien
• transient
• foreigner
• visitor
• tourist
• nonresident
• guest
• refugee
• exile
• emigrant
• expatriate
• evacuee
• defector
• escaper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of habitant

Efforts to mitigate the risks include habitant management, detecting and predicting wildlife moments, and keeping the animals away. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

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

In Les habitants, Depardon outfits a camper-trailer with mics and cameras and hits the French highways, parking in various locations around the country and inviting a range of people—teenagers and the elderly, single people and couples, parents and children—inside simply to talk. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026

Unlike conventional designs, Cabin of Maze is designed to disorient, challenge, and surprise its habitants though its meandering corridors and passageways. — New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025

Many of Murphy’s encounters have the eerie magic of habitants of two planets getting to know one another. — David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024

Hippo Cove holds up to four hippos, so if one of the females gets pregnant and has a baby, then a current habitant will have to go. — The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024

In many cases this summer, habitants of homeless encampments are having to pick up their belongings and find a new place to pitch their tent. — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023