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

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

Their singing can sometimes be heard a mile away by the few neighbors in the sparsely inhabited outskirts of Santa Clarita. — Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

Verb

Don told me some interesting stories about the Mokies, a civilization of cliff dwellers who long ago inhabited the area. — Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026

The wildfires cut off habitat corridors and reduced access to food sources, forcing the apes into plantations inhabited by people in search of food and shelter and stranding them there, Suciadi told The Associated Press on Monday. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026