nonresidents

noun

plural of nonresident
as in aliens

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Recent Examples of nonresidents Library cards for nonresidents The nonresident library cards offer unlimited borrowing. — Dallas Morning News, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonresidents
  1. aliens
  2. foreigners
  3. outsiders
  4. strangers
Noun
  • Once again, we’re shown Blunt’s character being hijacked by aliens mid-weather report, uttering an alien language of clicks and pops.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Definition of aliens
Noun
  • During a press conference last Sunday, authorities said that at least 261 foreigners from 23 countries were among the missing.
    — Kosh Raj Koirala, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Travel to Tibet requires special government permission for all foreigners, especially journalists, even if they are fully accredited to work in China.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of foreigners
Noun
  • From songs that spoke to working women and outsiders to philanthropy that changed lives, Parton left a mark far beyond country music.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The partnership between two outsiders clawing their way in, joined by an equally canny journalist played by Claire Foy, comes to shape Fleet Street, the London thoroughfare where scribblers plied their trade, in Lamb’s and Murdoch’s images.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of outsiders
Noun
  • Rodrigo seemed most taken with what happened around the music — little girls and older women dancing together, daughters on their fathers' shoulders, strangers looking after one another.
    — Leila Fadel, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Within a few days, strangers started requesting to touch her feet.
    — Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of strangers

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“Nonresidents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonresidents. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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