tenant 1 of 2

noun

ˈte-nənt How to pronounce tenant (audio)
Definition of tenantnext
1
as in lessee
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house the laundry in the basement is for tenants only

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2
as in occupant
one who lives permanently in a place the abandoned warehouse's only tenants are a band of squatters

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tenant

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verb

as in to lease

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Recent Examples of tenant
Noun
The latest arrived Monday, with Nvidia officially announcing its support for a massive data center project in Ohio, where ChatGPT creator OpenAI will be the tenant via a 20-year lease. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 That portion of the potentially massive project includes anchor tenants IBM and PsiQuantum, a company seeking to build the world’s first commercially viable quantum computer. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
The City of Sunnyvale is asking community members for input on everything from road and trail improvements to tenant protections in a series of surveys. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025 Malkin considers The Bicester Collection a platform for full-price customer acquisition, even though it’s tenanted by outlets. — David Moin, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tenant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenant
  1. lessee
  2. occupant
  3. lease
  4. visitor
  5. resident
  6. rent
  7. lodger
  8. inhabitant
Noun
  • On Reddit, a Polestar lessee reported that service centers in San Francisco and San Jose are in the process of being dissolved, which could force him to travel over 300 miles to Los Angeles to return his vehicles when the lease runs out.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 10 July 2026
  • The owner and lessee will bear the responsibility of clearing the debris and alleviating some of the effects of the fire and its aftermath, Moore said, including looking for ways to mitigate debris flowing out of the warehouse, and the smell emitted by the rotting food.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of lessee
Noun
  • Authorities said none of the occupants were wearing seat belts.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Also injured in the crash was a 3-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy, both occupants of the 2008 Accord.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of occupant
Verb
  • What’s holding Brandywine back is its struggles in leasing out its two development projects.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The $200-million shopping center, which first opened in 2018, is 99% leased, with one-third of the shops new, including an Italian steakhouse called Spacca Tutto by chef Nancy Silverton and women’s apparel retailer LESET.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of lease
Noun
  • Some visitors say paying respects at Yasukuni carries a spiritual meaning that should not be equated with endorsing war.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The model can be found inside the visitor complex at the Crazy Horse Tourist Center.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of visitor
Noun
  • Egan says no specific person appeared to be targeted and no formal complaints were filed, but residents called the police out of concern.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • On Monday June 29, a bomb exploded on the doorstep of Yermolaiev’s luxury apartment in Monaco, gravely injuring the Ukrainian millionaire and shocking residents of the wealthy city state.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of resident
Verb
  • Across the street, grab a poke bowl with a view at Tropicali, or rent a kayak to explore the lake.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • For example, letting a distant family member stay at a second home without formal documentation, or if someone owns one or more properties and rents them out, but the tenants don’t have documentation that the unit is their primary residence.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of rent
Noun
  • The lodger being burned at the stake evokes the recent Spanish housing crisis.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.
    — Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of lodger
Noun
  • Aris and co-screenwriter Bane Fakih circle back and forth in time and depict a resilient city whose inhabitants have weathered a lot.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The inhabitants of rotten-tail buildings repurpose the old and improvise to find a way of surviving an economic storm.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
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“Tenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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