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

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

Prosecutors said that a confrontation developed between Levi and some of the villagers who had gathered to stop the backhoe by throwing stones. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

In 1932, shocked as the villagers’ hostility escalated, Lautenschläger began collecting evidence. — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

The town of Brignoles in the Var department in southern France has a population of between 600 and 700 villagers that were also forced to evacuate the region as wildfires fueled by a heat wave and strong winds continues to impact southern Europe. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

During the incident, villagers came out of their homes to confront the settlers and a standoff ensued, with video appearing to show one of the Palestinians grabbing a settler’s weapon. — Reuters, NBC news, 27 July 2026

The murder leaves the villagers uneasy and forms the first crack in their orderly lives. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

According to the Israeli military, one of the villagers took one of the settlers’ weapons and fired on the group, killing Benayahu Mellet, 32, a security guard in a settlement nearby. — Majdi Mohammed, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

The face of evil, Clemons hires him to command his army against the villagers, but Skelton is hard to control. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 July 2026