INHABITANTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

inhabitants

noun

plural of inhabitant

as in residents

one who lives permanently in a place the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists

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Recent Examples of inhabitants For a long time, bunkers were designed to protect inhabitants from the fallout of nuclear weapons. — Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 More than 90 percent of Gaza’s inhabitants are internally displaced. — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 Well… The inhabitants of Étretat [where the series was partly filmed] hate us a little bit. — Baptiste Mandrillon, Time, 7 Oct. 2026 These arid plains dotted with date palms were once full of natural lakes and lush pastures on which local inhabitants roamed and grazed their livestock. — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026 Most inhabitants of 10-story Lincoln Bay Towers just schlepped up and down the stairs to go about their daily lives, but that was impossible for some older residents. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 Authorities said 142 litres of rainfall per square meter fell on the town of 4,760 inhabitants. — CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026 The house holds the dangerous secrets of its inhabitants and is as much a character, so when the project was greenlit, finding the ideal dwelling was key to creating the right mysterious-yet-sexy atmosphere the narrative required. — Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026 The Engadin Valley is part of the eastern Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden with about 25,000 inhabitants and the highest mountains are in the Bernina Range. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026

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Hundreds of mourners later gathered at Rehman Baba cemetery for mass funeral prayers as grief gripped the neighborhood and announcements echoed from mosque loudspeakers, urging residents to join in prayers for those killed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Under constant threats from above, residents live largely in a spider’s world, with roads, sidewalks and gas stations draped in netting to entangle drones.

— Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026

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