Synonyms of residents

residents

noun

plural of resident

as in inhabitants

one who lives permanently in a place

a resident of Atlanta

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of residents

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

Donnelson hopes to raise more than the $1,500 minimum, with money going toward needs such as roof repairs and tree removal for residents without the resources to pay for the work themselves. — Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

Almost all of Gaza’s two million residents now live crowded into tent camps in the remaining thirty-five per cent of the land. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

The catastrophic torrents have killed more than 600 people, Nepali police reported on Saturday, as residents struggle to reconcile the mass scale of destruction left in their wake. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Among the missing are Murphy, Texas, residents Raghu Rajan and Archana Suresh. — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Others were injured and over 200,000 residents were without electricity on Sunday morning. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

When the question went before the city’s Historic and Environmental Preservation Board in December 2024, residents of a nearby condo building, Icon Brickell Tower 2, tried to speak out against the measure. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026