Synonyms of inhabits

inhabits

verb

present tense third-person singular of inhabit

as in occupies

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

• occupies
• lives
• resides
• dwells
• haunts
• populates
• abides
• cohabits
• stays
• frequents
• visits
• settles
• lodges
• peoples
• hangs (at)
• colonizes
• hangs (around or out)
• stops (by)
• comes over
• sojourns
• tarries
• runs in
• drops in
• rents
• crashes
• comes by
• tenants
• leases
• drops by
• steps in
• sublets

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inhabits

While a chatbot waits behind a screen, a robot physically inhabits the room. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

The singer’s fourth album inhabits a balmy medium zone of relentlessly moderate tempos and subdued vocals, where even brief moments of intriguing tension and fuzz get flattened into homogeneity. — Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

The only other living species part of that family is the narwhal, which also inhabits the Arctic Ocean. — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 20 July 2026

While Toy Story films usually focus on one child, Toy Story 5 will introduce Blaze, a girl who inhabits Jesse’s old farm where Emily — Jesse’s original owner from Toy Story 2 — once lived, voiced by Myka-Michelle Harris. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026

Together with his assistant Patricia (Kate O’Flynn) and true believer Wyck (Stephen Root), Tom discovers the off vibes originate with a pact between town founder Richard Warren (Hamish Linklater) and the demonic force that inhabits the island. — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026

Sara Dosa is a part of the community that inhabits this space. — Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026

But unlike Disclosure or Airframe or—above all—State of Fear, his spate of latter-day thrill-eds, Sphere unpolemically inhabits this epistemology of doubt that colors so much of his work. — Ian MacKenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026

Malek’s brave and wonderfully lived-in performance is one that will be long remembered, a career high for this Oscar-winning actor who simply inhabits this man with dignity and determination, his days limited but his spirit untouched. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 May 2026