landlords

noun

plural of landlord
1
as in proprietors
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

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2
as in taverners
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

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Recent Examples of landlords Tenants had been involved in a years long dispute with multiple landlords over unsafe living conditions. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Some apply to landlords, while others address the responsibility of tenants. — Emma Clapp, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 The restaurant is named for India’s zamindars — the feudal landlords who held power as aristocrats for centuries — and the lush and opulent space shows it, decked out with Indian art, heritage architectural touches, brass accents and warm lighting. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 But landlords didn’t just attend user groups and happy hours to learn and swap information. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026 About 20 years ago, Hazleton passed the controversial Illegal Immigration Relief Act, which withheld permits from businesses employing undocumented immigrants and fined landlords who rented to them. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 Southside United Housing Development Fund, known as Los Sures, was founded in 1972 as tenants organized to save buildings abandoned by landlords. — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for landlords
  1. proprietors
  2. innkeepers
  3. lessors
  4. letters
  5. renters
Noun
  • History tells us that promises by news proprietors to preserve their properties’ independence from their own partisan ideological predilections are typically honored in the breach.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Sole proprietors, partners, and LLC members are generally exempt themselves, though construction businesses are typically required to carry coverage even with very few employees.
    — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of proprietors
Noun
  • Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2026
  • The state has asked Lake and Porter counties to adopt a 1% food and beverage tax and for Lake County to pass a 5% innkeepers tax.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Definition of innkeepers
Noun
  • Several vehicle rental companies and car lessors were also ticketed.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • Before he was removed and Britton-Harr returned, Hopes estimated that between lessors, members, trade vendors, and sports team partnerships, there could be $50 million in liabilities.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Definition of lessors
Noun
  • Conrad apparently didn’t know about the fevered 1952 letters to Breit.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The exhibition draws largely from the museum’s collection of photographs, film, period newspapers, letters and personal accounts to reconstruct the storm and what happened to Miami afterward.
    — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of letters
Noun
  • Peace Bridge is considered affordable housing because renters earn no more than 80% of the area’s median income, Good Carbon said.
    — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Farmworkers, other outdoor workers, older adults and low-income renters without air conditioning also face higher risk.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of renters

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“Landlords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landlords. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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