Definition for Tenant:

• ten'ant, n. one who holds or possesses land or property under another, the payments and services which he owes to his superior constituting his tenure: one who has, on certain conditions, temporary possession of any place, an occupant.-- v.t. to hold as a tenant.-- n. TEN'ANCY, a holding by private ownership: a temporary holding of land or property by a tenant.-- adj. TEN'ANTABLE, fit to be tenanted: in a state of repair suitable for a tenant.-- n. TEN'ANT-FARM'ER, a farmer who rents a farm from the landlord.-- adj. TEN'ANTLESS, without a tenant.-- ns.

Synonyms for Tenant:

• n.

  •holder of lease (noun)
  • lessee.
  •person who is resident of habitation (noun)
  • inhabitant.
  •person who resides in a place (noun)
  • occupant.
  •renter (noun)
  • leaseholder,
  • householder,
  • rent payer,
  • tenant farmer,
  • freeholder,
  • possessor,
  • Les,
  • boarder,
  • roomer.
  •resident (noun)
  • liver,
  • Habitant,
  • local.
  •tenant (noun)
  • addressee,
  • dweller,
  • Indweller,
  • occupier,
  • renter,
  • lodger,
  • resident.
  •vassal (noun)
  • ESNE,
  • sub ordinate,
  • sub ordinates,
  • sub-ordinates,
  • de-pendent,
  • de pendents,
  • Bondmen,
  • de-pendents,
  • de pendent,
  • serf,
  • liege,
  • Liegemen,
  • liegeman,
  • sub-ordinate,
  • helots,
  • esnes,
  • vassal,
  • lieges,
  • helot,
  • bondman,
  • dependents.

• v.

  •dwell (verb)
  • nest,
  • sojourn,
  • squat,
  • stop,
  • room,
  • rest,
  • locate,
  • roost,
  • rent,
  • exist,
  • bunk,
  • lodge,
  • continue,
  • stay,
  • tarry,
  • settle,
  • flop,
  • remain,
  • bide,
  • abide,
  • quarter.
  •reside (verb)
  • inhere,
  • lie,
  • consist,
  • endure.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • homeowner,
  • landholder,
  • first-time buyer,
  • landowner,
  • Homebuyer,
  • landlady,
  • absentee landlord.
  •
  • holder,
  • guest.
  •planter
  • farmer.

Paraphrases for Tenant:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    renters.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    renter.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    lodger.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    hosted.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Capita, leasehold, occupier, lease, customer, roommate, possessor, lessor, Leasing.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    lessees, rent.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    occupant, Charterer, renting, boarder, farmer, resident, household, rent.

Antonyms for Tenant:

• n.

  • occupant
    displaced person.
  • tenant
    landlord.
  • Other antonyms:
    exile, transient, nonresident, expatriate, foreigner, landlady, evacuee, emigrant, landholder, alien, host, innkeeper, Escaper, visitor, tourist, letter, landowner, defector, lessor, slumlord, refugee, laird, proprietor.

• v.

  • inhabit
    move, vacate, depart, leave.
  • occupy
    not use.

Tenant Sentence Examples:

• Next day, Harry was in my lord's justice - room: the next day he was out ever so long with my lord on the farm - and coming home, what does my lord do, but look in on a sick tenant?

• Have you ever met the tenant?

Homophones for Tenant:

• Tennent, Tennant.

Hypernym for Tenant:

• n.

  • person
    cotenant, tenant farmer, life tenant.

Hyponym for Tenant:

• n.

  • person
    occupier, resident, holder, occupant.

• v.

  • social
    live, populate, dwell, inhabit.