Synonyms of townspeople

townspeople

plural noun

as in townsfolk

the people who live in a town or city

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of townspeople

What to See and Do Every morning, hundreds of monks walk through the streets collecting rice donations from townspeople in an act known as almsgiving. — Jack Tydeman, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026

The movie is set in a 13th-century English village and follows the townspeople as a mysterious, folkloric creature stalks their village. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 June 2026

The trailer teases Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular creature, who undergoes an intense transformation that leaves the townspeople terrified. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 29 June 2026

Her whereabouts have eluded investigators and stirred up theories both feasible and outlandish among the 4,000-person community as the townspeople tried to make sense of what could have happened to the young woman. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 21 June 2026