Definition for Occupant:

• someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

Synonyms for Occupant:

• n.

  •
  • address,
  • a roof over your head,
  • home.
  •
  • commuter,
  • auxiliary,
  • ancillary,
  • career woman,
  • apparatchik,
  • desk person,
  • breadwinner,
  • duty officer,
  • cowboy,
  • designated hitter.
  •citizen (noun)
  • freemanwomen,
  • freeman women,
  • freeman-women,
  • freeman-woman,
  • john-jane q public,
  • john jane q publics,
  • member body politic,
  • naturalized people,
  • johnjane q publics,
  • freemanwoman,
  • johnjane q public,
  • freeman woman,
  • member community,
  • naturalized persons,
  • john-jane q publics,
  • urbanites,
  • john jane q public.
  •denizen (noun)
  • in-dweller,
  • re-sider,
  • in-dwellers,
  • re sider,
  • in dwellers,
  • in dweller.
  •inhabitant (noun)
  • incumbent,
  • aboriginal,
  • native,
  • inmate,
  • population,
  • lodger,
  • populace.
  •person (noun)
  • occupant.
  •possessor (noun)
  • landowner,
  • landlady,
  • heiress,
  • heiresses,
  • proprietress,
  • legatee,
  • legatees,
  • landowners,
  • inheritor,
  • inheritors,
  • laird,
  • proprietresses,
  • lairds,
  • Landladies.
  •renter (noun)
  • rentee.
  •tenant (noun)
  • rent payers.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • homewards,
  • habitation,
  • abode,
  • stomping ground,
  • patch,
  • occupation,
  • the home front,
  • second home,
  • crib,
  • stamping ground,
  • environment,
  • town,
  • home-grown,
  • placement.
  •
  • fare.
  •lodger
  • roomer.
  •Other relevant words:
  • captive,
  • lag,
  • Subtenant,
  • Ryot,
  • Backsettler,
  • cotter,
  • office-holder,
  • public servant,
  • Sublessee,
  • compatriot,
  • metropolitan,
  • Residentiary,
  • patron,
  • passenger,
  • customer,
  • dalesman,
  • frequenter,
  • locum tenens,
  • stater,
  • house detective,
  • user,
  • islander,
  • cottager,
  • Commorant,
  • boarder,
  • rider,
  • hirer,
  • owner,
  • colonist,
  • planter,
  • master,
  • patient,
  • resident physician,
  • townsman,
  • prisoner,
  • colonial,
  • proprietor,
  • occupier,
  • inpatient,
  • cottier,
  • Cit,
  • Oppidan,
  • Habitant,
  • settler,
  • convict,
  • liver,
  • sojourner,
  • holder,
  • homesteader,
  • Zemindar,
  • coaster,
  • paying guest,
  • official,
  • case,
  • addressee,
  • artist-in-residence,
  • innkeeper,
  • householder,
  • cockney,
  • buyer,
  • squatter,
  • lessee,
  • backwoodsman,
  • intern,
  • house physician,
  • winner.

Paraphrases for Occupant:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    occupier.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inhabitant.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    occupation, proprietor, holder, occupancy, passenger, owner.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Occupying.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tenant, resident, Occupying, lessee.

Antonyms for Occupant:

• n.

  • person
    nonresident.
  • person who resides in a place
    displaced person.
  • Other antonyms:
    evacuee, tourist, expatriate, alien, exile, foreigner, transient, emigrant, Escaper, visitor, defector, refugee.

Occupant Sentence Examples:

• I think we can soon solve the problem of whether Corsini is the occupant or not.

• Afterwards it seemed to him that there must have been something mortally terrifying in his own appearance as he stood there with his back to the wall and his eyes fixed upon the solitary occupant of the room.

Hypernym for Occupant:

• n.

  • person
    metropolitan, alexandrian, outlier, tenant, suburbanite, townsman, owner-occupier, Housemate, colonial, dalesman, towner, inmate, coaster, sojourner, stater.

Hyponym for Occupant:

• n.

  • person
    dweller, inhabitant, denizen, Indweller, Habitant.