Synonyms of inhabitants

inhabitants

noun

plural of inhabitant

as in residents

one who lives permanently in a place

the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inhabitants

But Kova is shocked to discover her sweetheart taking up with someone new, who may be linked to the monsters dragging Stormwatch’s inhabitants into the ocean. — Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026

The Nazca Lines are a group of extensive geoglyphs scraped into the desert around Nazca centuries ago by Peru’s Indigenous inhabitants. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

The second story in the Faraway trilogy, the film and book follow three siblings who move to the English countryside and discover a magical tree and its fantastical inhabitants. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Exhibits trace the region’s history, from its earliest Indigenous inhabitants to its coal-mining past and cultural traditions. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026

Zainetti said emergency teams have been hard at work to try and secure the village so inhabitants can safely return soon. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

The main city of Puntarenas is home to almost 100,000 inhabitants and offers a wide range of logistical and bureaucratic services, including marinas, hotels, banks, restaurants, fuel services, and technical suppliers. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026

The arrival of these trains and news of communal massacres in places such as Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Bihar erode the village’s sense of security, despite the inhabitants having lived in harmony for years prior. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Our planet’s inhabitants speak more than 7,000 languages, each a unique repository of knowledge, culture and history. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 2026