Tenant synonyms

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renter
(Law) One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another.
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owner (antonym)
(Nautical, slang) captain of a ship
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leaseholder
A person who is tenant by holding a lease; a lessee.
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inhabitant
The definition of an inhabitant is a person or animal that lives in a particular place.
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resident
A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty.
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lodger
A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).
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leaser
Leaseman.
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lessee (related)
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trustee (related)
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householder
The head of a household.
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rent payer
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leud
A vassal or tenant in the early Middle Ages
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landlord (antonym)
A person, company, etc. that rents or leases land, houses, apartments, etc. to others
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dweller
An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
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occupant
One that resides in or uses a physical space:
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roomer
One who rents a room or rooms in which to live; a lodger.
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boarder
Someone who uses a snowboard
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freeholder
A person who holds tenure by freehold
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holder
An individual or entity that has ownership or legal possession of a negotiable instrument, security, or other document of title.
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possessor
Agent noun of possess; one who possesses.
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tenant-farmer
One who farms land owned by another and pays rent in cash or in kind.
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proprietor (antonym)
A person who has a legal title or exclusive right to some property; owner
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inhabit
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occupy
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sharecropper
A tenant farmer who gives a share of the crops raised to the landlord in lieu of rent.
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vassal
The definition of a vassal was someone in feudal times who received protection and land from a lord in return for allegiance and performing military and other duties, or someone who is subordinate.
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occupier (related)
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tenancy (related)
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tenants (related)
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landowner (related)
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owner-occupier (related)
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purchaser (related)
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subtenant (related)
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ratepayer (related)
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employee (related)
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rent (related)
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Tenant Sentence Examples

  • If the tenant paid his rent, the landlord could not forbid subletting.

  • Someone else was asking about her favorite tenant, Mr. Cleary.

  • Land was leased for houses or other buildings to be built upon it, the tenant being rent-free for eight or ten years; after which the building came into the landlord's possession.

  • Improvement contracts are granted for uncultivated bush districts, where one fourth of the produce goes to the landlord, and for plantations of fig-trees, olive-trees and vines, half of the produce of which belongs to the landlord, who at the end of ten years reimburses the tenant for a part of the improvements effected.

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