occupants

noun

plural of occupant
as in residents
one who lives permanently in a place the only occupants of that house are an old lady and her cat

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Recent Examples of occupants Investigators visited the home in the 400 block of North Swanson Road and interviewed the occupants. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026 Four of the vehicle’s occupants were confirmed dead at the scene, and two others were flown out by air ambulances and admitted to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton in critical condition. — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 This can be experienced if a lift or airplane falls freely and the occupants experience weightlessness. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 This year, Funai, Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency, has been surveying non-Indigenous occupants and setting aside funds to compensate them for moving out. — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026 The Oklahoma City Fire Department reported no injuries to any occupants of the building or to firefighters at the scene. — Jessie Christopher Smith, Oklahoman, 1 Sep. 2026 Police said all three occupants were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash. — Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2026 Crews extricated all four occupants and took them to area hospitals. — Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Officers stopped the car and detained the occupants, identified as a 36-year-old man, a 34-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupants
  1. residents
  2. inhabitants
  3. tenants
Noun
  • Baltimore-area residents can expect a mostly sunny and comfortable Saturday before temperatures climb into the 90s and chances for showers and thunderstorms return during the coming week.
    — The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 29 Aug. 2026
  • His campaign website includes a section dedicated to investing in rural communities, and Talarico has focused on data center policy in recent weeks, holding a roundtable in Abilene on the subject that has rattled the state’s rural residents.
    — Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • There, the tyrannical February has condemned its inhabitants to eternal winter and forbids them from flying, while a masked resistance movement known as The Solution fights to restore light and freedom.
    — Alexandra Patterson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The infamous explosion covered Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic debris, immortalizing the final moments of the ancient Roman cities and some of their unfortunate inhabitants in stunning detail.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • Park Place has been a popular shopping outlet in the metro for nearly two decades, with a green space/outdoor ice skating rink, Outta the Blue coffee shop, Plate Italiano Moderno and many other tenants.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Geren said the convention center was part of a larger effort to revitalize downtown Fort Worth in the 1960s after it was partly abandoned by commercial tenants in the previous decade.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of tenants

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“Occupants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupants. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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