RENTERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

renters

noun

plural of renter

as in tenants

one who rents a room or apartment in another's house one of the renters called to tell us the hot water heater was broken

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the owner of land or housing that is rented to another left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck

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Recent Examples of renters Jackson supports expanding the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps certain homeowners and renters with energy costs. — Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026 And in a seller’s market, many renters simply don’t have the option to vote with their feet. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026 The family does not have renters insurance, leaving them without coverage to replace their belongings. — Joan Murray, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 According to the lawsuits, more than six months before the apartment’s one-year lease expired at the end of July 2025, Cathy and Salvatore gave the renters notice. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026 Investopedia calculates housing separately, using Census data on what single older renters, homeowners with mortgages, and homeowners without mortgages pay in each state. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Most renters want to own a home, but few expect to, as nearly three in four Americans say buying a home has become more difficult in the last five years, according to CNBC and SurveyMonkey findings. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 The homeownership decline has taken some of the steam out of the dog market, as homeowners are almost twice as likely as renters to own a dog, according to our data. — Robert Granader, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026 Spain’s government said that 26% of Spaniards who rent housing spend an average of 40% of their income on rent and utilities, compared with the European Union average of 18% of renters who do so. — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Matt Calvo, co-founder and partner of the commercial real estate firm, previously told the Naperville Sun that the firm was focused on bringing in new retail and restaurant tenants to the building at 239 S.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Too many tenants are competing for too few units, which drives up prices.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

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But landlords didn’t just attend user groups and happy hours to learn and swap information.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
About 20 years ago, Hazleton passed the controversial Illegal Immigration Relief Act, which withheld permits from businesses employing undocumented immigrants and fined landlords who rented to them.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

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