as in tenants
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
the mysterious lodger slept all day and only went out at night
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Recent Examples of lodgers
Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.
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Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lodgers
tenants
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Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat, too.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat too.—
Margie Mason,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Lodgers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lodgers. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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