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

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

And yet, little has been done to prepare inhabitants for disaster. — Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 23 July 2026

The state had raised concerns that the local water and wastewater services in rural areas of Berks and Schuylkill counties were inadequate to handle the thousands of inhabitants envisioned by the federal agency. — ABC News, 22 July 2026

Of particular interest are the human remains, which are anticipated to provide information on the diet and living conditions of the area’s inhabitants at the time. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026

The former was a concentration area for 200,000 refugees expelled from 247 localities, villages and towns and the area’s original 80,000 inhabitants; and the latter a frontier zone designed to incarcerate them. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

The tale of John McClane (Bruce Willis) saving the inhabitants of a Los Angeles skyscraper from a ruthless band of thieves has continued to entertain, inspiring multiple sequels, comic books, video games, and countless references in other media. — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

In Mozambique, sable are called pala pala by the natives, the same word used by the Swahili-speaking inhabitants of Tanganyika, a strange circumstance since Swahili is not used in Mozambique. — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026

Mars inhabitants will need to eat, drink, breathe, heal, sleep, relax, and collaborate productively for months or years at a time. — Chris Carberry, Space.com, 7 July 2026