Synonyms of inhabited

inhabited 1 of 2

adjective

as in cultivated

Related Words

• cultivated
• developed
• tamed
• seminatural

Dissimilar Words

• wild
• natural
• uncultivated
• virgin
• native
• untamed
• uninhabited
• unsettled
• unpeopled

inhabited

2 of 2

verb

past tense of inhabit

as in occupied

to be in a place for a period of time

We need to protect the forests and also the wildlife that inhabits them.

The people who inhabit the island take great pride in their art.

Related Words

• occupied
• lived
• populated
• resided
• haunted
• visited
• cohabited
• stayed
• dwelled
• lodged
• settled
• colonized
• abided
• frequented
• hung (at)
• peopled
• sojourned
• stopped (by)
• dropped in
• dropped by
• hung (around or out)
• came over
• stepped in
• rented
• came by
• crashed
• leased
• ran in
• tarried
• tenanted
• sublet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inhabited

Adjective

Back on Earth, Tristan Da Cunha is credited as being the most remote inhabited place in the world. — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 17 July 2026

The debris fell into the Indian Ocean, far from inhabited areas, SpaceX said. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Verb

Hellraiser introduced audiences to the mythology of the Lament Configuration puzzle box, the home to a dimensional portal inhabited by the ritualistically torturous beings, the Cenobites, and their leader, the iconic Pinhead. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026

Our lively tour guide regaled us with stories of the residents who inhabited those streets, including merchant Mary King and George Rae, the plague doctor who tended to victims in 1645. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026