Synonyms of villagers

villagers

noun

plural of villager

as in citizens

a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis

the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• citizens
• residents
• inhabitants
• townsmen
• natives
• townspeople
• burghers
• occupants
• towns
• residers
• townies
• townsfolk
• dwellers
• habitants
• nationals
• townswomen
• denizens
• cliff dwellers
• subjects
• suburbanites
• urbanites

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• visitors
• foreigners
• tourists
• guests
• aliens
• noncitizens
• transients
• nonnatives
• gownsmen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of villagers

Kristinka Lazar, for example, used the time as an artistic residency to create a collection of paintings called The Gift of Being Seen, featuring 45 portraits of local villagers. — Liz Provencher, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

Luwi wanted to compile the villagers’ memories into a report, creating an archive of his own. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

The traditional loose shirt called galabeya worn by Egyptian men is quite popular among the villagers and even at celebrations and family parties in the cities. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians uses a single name, said the quake flattened at least 157 houses and damaged nearly 200 more, forcing about 2,000 villagers to abandon their homes and move to temporary shelters. — Yacob Herin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Rescuers were still searching for villagers feared buried beneath landslides triggered by the quake across six regencies on Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in Muslim-majority Indonesia. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Suharyanto, who, like many Indonesians, uses a single name, said the quake flattened at least 157 houses and damaged nearly 200 more, forcing about 2,000 villagers to abandon their homes and move to temporary shelters. — CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026

Extremist settlers routinely enter Palestinian towns, clashing with villagers, burning homes, mosques and cars. — Sam Metz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

At town hall meetings, Richmound villagers took turns at the microphone, talking about how their lives had changed. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026