Synonyms of occupant

occupant

noun

ˈä-kyə-pənt 

as in inhabitant

one who lives permanently in a place

the only occupants of that house are an old lady and her cat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inhabitant
• resident
• tenant
• resider
• inhabiter
• citizen
• dweller
• habitant
• native
• denizen
• cohabitant
• aborigine
• national
• émigré
• colonist
• newcomer
• migrant
• settler
• coresident
• villager
• townsman
• burgher
• subject
• local
• localite
• townee
• townie

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• transient
• alien
• visitor
• guest
• foreigner
• tourist
• nonresident
• refugee
• exile
• emigrant
• expatriate
• evacuee
• defector
• escaper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of occupant

Meir and her crew left the planet in February to replace four station occupants who were sent home early after one of them — NASA's Mike Fincke, now retired — fell ill. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

This creates four pod-like spaces for the occupants who sit low in hollows between batteries. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026

When the Nissan's occupants stopped to check on him, Tanaka allegedly got out of his vehicle with a handgun and fired at least one round into the car's windshield. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

The researchers propose that this variability in brightness is caused by the rapid evolution of fresh debris through further impacts and changes in the orbits of the system's occupants. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026