HABITANT Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

habitant

noun

Definition of habitant

as in inhabitant

one who lives permanently in a place the habitants of Indiana are nicknamed "Hoosiers"

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Recent Examples of habitant Efforts to mitigate the risks include habitant management, detecting and predicting wildlife moments, and keeping the animals away. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 16 July 2026 Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 In Les habitants, Depardon outfits a camper-trailer with mics and cameras and hits the French highways, parking in various locations around the country and inviting a range of people—teenagers and the elderly, single people and couples, parents and children—inside simply to talk. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026 Unlike conventional designs, Cabin of Maze is designed to disorient, challenge, and surprise its habitants though its meandering corridors and passageways. — New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025 Many of Murphy’s encounters have the eerie magic of habitants of two planets getting to know one another. — David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024 Hippo Cove holds up to four hippos, so if one of the females gets pregnant and has a baby, then a current habitant will have to go. — The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024 In many cases this summer, habitants of homeless encampments are having to pick up their belongings and find a new place to pitch their tent. — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023

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Elversberg, a town with 13,000 inhabitants in the southwest German state of Saarland, was hosting its first Bundesliga match and got off to a great start with goals from Lukas Petkov and Campbell, with less than nine minutes on the clock.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Just offshore, the scenery and its inhabitants skew much more colorful.

— Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of inhabitant

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His death ignited anger in a small town where tensions between Black residents and the police have boiled over in recent years.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The past month has brought a whirlwind of residents crowding into city council and planning and zoning meetings as a legal battle brews between the Lakes at Marshall Ridge Homeowners Association, the city of Keller and the town of Westlake.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026

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