Synonyms of occupants

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• residents
• inhabitants
• tenants
• residers
• inhabiters
• citizens
• dwellers
• natives
• habitants
• denizens
• aborigines
• cohabitants
• nationals
• colonists
• migrants
• émigrés
• settlers
• newcomers
• villagers
• coresidents
• subjects
• townsmen
• burghers
• locals
• localites
• townees
• townies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aliens
• foreigners
• visitors
• transients
• guests
• tourists
• nonresidents
• refugees
• emigrants
• evacuees
• expatriates
• exiles
• defectors
• escapers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of occupants

And the office has a history of being a political graveyard for its former occupants who have been frustrated in efforts to reach higher office. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

As the balloon and its occupants fell to the ground, the nylon envelope and the gondola separated, and the wreckage scattered over a roughly 100-yard area, parts of it blackened by the explosion and resulting fire. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Well outside Cuba’s territorial waters, Cuban MiGs destroyed two of the civilian planes with air-to-air missiles, killing the four occupants, the complaint said. — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

The federal indictment states the planes were traveling away from Cuba when they were destroyed and that the Cuban military gave their occupants no warning. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Energy-absorbing seats are designed to manage forces transmitted to occupants during an impact, potentially reducing injury risks. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Both occupants were ejected from the vehicle onto the road, according to the crash log. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

All of the occupants were killed except for teenager Matías Bagnato. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Moments after driving away, the occupants realized Valdes had been struck in the abdomen by a stray bullet. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026