Synonyms of landlord

landlord

noun

ˈland-ˌlȯrd 

1

as in proprietor

the owner of land or housing that is rented to another

agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proprietor
• lessor
• letter
• renter
• landlady
• landowner
• landholder
• laird
• slumlord

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tenant
• lessee
• lodger
• roomer

2

as in taverner

the owner or manager of an inn

a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taverner
• innkeeper
• patron
• boniface
• padrone
• hotelier
• hosteller
• hotelman
• hosteler

Examples of landlord in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Maintaining and strengthening rent control measures helps keep housing affordable for existing tenants by limiting how much landlords can increase rents annually. —Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024

What's next: As people postpone house purchases, less new apartment construction paves the way for landlords to raise rents. —Shawna Chen, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024

Many of the buildings involve mom-and-pop landlords, with 80% of the buildings comprised of three to eight units and mostly tenants from lower-income families. —Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024

Last month, landlords moved to evict tenants 7,957 times, according to the Maricopa County Justice Courts. —Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024