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inhabitants

[in-hab-i-tuhnts] / ɪnˈhæb ɪ tənts /
NOUN
country
Synonyms
STRONGEST
community land people public region society state
STRONG
citizenry citizens commonwealth constituents electors homeland kingdom polity populace realm soil terrain voters
WEAK
grassroots native land patria sovereign state
Antonyms
WEAK
city metropolis urbanity
NOUN
folk
Synonyms
STRONGEST
community family group people public
STRONG
clan confederation house household kin kindred lineage masses nation nationality population proletariat race settlement society state stock tribe
WEAK
body politic culture group ethnic group general public menage ménage
NOUN
people
Synonyms
STRONGEST
community crowd family folk nation population public society
STRONG
bodies bourgeois citizens clan commonality folks heads herd horde humanity humankind humans kin masses mob mortals multitude nationality persons plebeians populace proletariat race tribe
WEAK
John/Jane Q. Public body politic common people general public hoi polloi human race person in the street rabble rank and file riffraff
Antonyms
WEAK
animals plants

Example Sentences

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A long shot of a ship in harbor, and the unwitting glee with which the inhabitants of 1520s Cebu run to the beach to welcome the sailors, needs no words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Hungarians were once among the wealthiest inhabitants of the former Warsaw Pact nations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The LA28 committee described the arrival of the Games as a boon for the city’s inhabitants, with unifying statements: “Creating the Games together!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Families were loaded on to tipper trucks and driven about 30 minutes away to Kubwa, an area where residents say basic amenities were missing and tensions emerged with the original inhabitants.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Even before we visited California, we knew all about the household at Oakland and its inhabitants, because Mother used to like to tell us about her girlhood.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey