INHABITER Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

inhabiter

noun

Definition of inhabiter

as in resident

one who lives permanently in a place he was the sole inhabiter of a 60-room mansion

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Noun

Every morning, before surfers paddled out, the longtime Venice resident described swells, winds and surf conditions to his followers, becoming for some the town’s trusted surf chronicler.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Are staff members talking about residents in hallways instead of in private areas?

— Anna Roman, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of resident

Noun

The starting materials are usually the officer’s observations and the crash diagram, plus statements from occupants and independent witnesses about who was sitting where and what each person was doing before impact.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
The man — the driver and sole occupant of the car — was traveling north on Grand Avenue and veered off the roadway and through a guardrail, authorities said.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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The film offers a portrait of a remote Salvadoran village whose inhabitants carry the memory of a massacre during the country’s civil war.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
The Strip had been largely obliterated in the war between Hamas and Israel, and most of its two million inhabitants were living in tents or in the ruins; images of human misery had flooded screens around the world.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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