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.

  •inhabitant (noun)
  • inhabitant,
  • occupant,
  • lodger,
  • native,
  • inmate,
  • squatter,
  • populace,
  • settler,
  • Resider,
  • citizen,
  • incumbent,
  • population,
  • colonist,
  • dweller,
  • aboriginal,
  • denizen,
  • resident.
  •renter (noun)
  • tenant farmer,
  • householder,
  • boarder,
  • Les,
  • freeholder,
  • rent payer,
  • leaseholder,
  • possessor.
  •resident (noun)
  • Habitant,
  • local.
  •tenant (noun)
  • occupier,
  • lessee,
  • renter,
  • addressee,
  • Indweller.

• v.

  •dwell (verb)
  • nest,
  • abide,
  • remain,
  • bunk,
  • lodge,
  • room,
  • stay,
  • sojourn,
  • roost,
  • squat.
  •inhabit (verb)
  • people,
  • live,
  • populate,
  • indwell,
  • possess.
  •occupy (verb)
  • keep,
  • involve,
  • live in,
  • fill,
  • pervade.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • holder,
  • guest.
  •lodger
  • roomer.
  •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.

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.