Synonyms of townsman

townsman

noun

ˈtau̇nz-mən 

as in citizen

a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis

thousands of townsmen turned out to vote on the school budget

Synonyms & Similar Words

• citizen
• villager
• resident
• burgher
• inhabitant
• native
• townspeople
• occupant
• town
• resider
• townie
• habitant
• dweller
• townswoman
• townsfolk
• national
• denizen
• suburbanite
• subject
• cliff dweller
• urbanite

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• visitor
• guest
• tourist
• foreigner
• alien
• noncitizen
• transient
• nonnative
• gownsman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of townsman

These were probably composed by Sebastian Lotzer, a townsman and furrier, on the basis of hundreds of complaints that different groups of peasants had been formulating for weeks beforehand. — Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025

One cut scene, Good recalls, featured a townsman sacrificing himself with a homemade net bomb. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025

Every year, villagers in Brittany gathered to have their sins forgiven, dance the gavotte, and watch the young townsmen wrestle after denouncing the devil. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025

The townsmen feared his razor-sharp teeth, lightning speed, and quick temper. — Maeve Dunigan, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024

Mountaineers and townsmen of eastern Tennessee cam in hundreds to pack the auditorium. — sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 July 2018