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

The second strike came after emergency workers had arrived to respond to the first airstrike and villagers had sought shelter in the underground school, which had been converted into a community center. — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026

Whenever villagers gathered, gossip that a not very nice woman was moving in never failed to surface. — Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

In an open field, the filmmaker finds out that dozens of nearby villagers immediately converged on the crash site to help. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

On Tuesday, Baptist pastor Vladyslav Makhovskyi had joined the search for survivors in the wreckage of the school and underground shelter where villagers from Komyshuvakha had sought safety. — ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

The result is a near-perfect partner, who is doting and honest, and drives the villagers mad with envy — and inspires some nefarious actions from the likes of Elizabeth Debicki’s character, the tailor’s wife. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

Last week, dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers who were trying to pick olives. — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Fischer and Wilson’s bawdy fable is predominately about how this flammable hunk makes the rest of the villagers burn up with jealousy. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Kutná Hora was also a popular place to die, and all the villagers wanted to spend eternity at the medieval Sedlec Abbey. — Kristin Idaszak, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2026