Synonyms of inhabitant

inhabitant

noun

in-ˈha-bə-tənt 

as in resident

one who lives permanently in a place

the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resident
• occupant
• tenant
• resider
• inhabiter
• habitant
• dweller
• citizen
• native
• denizen
• aborigine
• cohabitant
• colonist
• émigré
• emigré
• national
• newcomer
• migrant
• settler
• villager
• townsman
• burgher
• coresident
• subject
• local
• towny
• localite
• townie
• townee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• alien
• foreigner
• visitor
• transient
• tourist
• guest
• nonresident
• refugee
• exile
• emigrant
• expatriate
• defector
• evacuee
• escaper

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of inhabitant

In the spring of this year, the mayor began rationing water—the city and its 11 million inhabitants split into nine zones, each of which would have no water once every 10 days. —Elizabeth Rush, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024

Construction of 110 bridges and underpasses are also on the docket, creating new paths that offer travel options to city inhabitants and tourists alike. —Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024

Her series, for example, ignores the Indigenous inhabitants of Prince Edward Island, who arrived thousands of years before European settlers. —Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024

An unexpected inhabitant of this region is the Humboldt penguin, or Spheniscus humboldti. —Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024