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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

For nearly two years, Al-Shubbak watched through ancient grey eyes as Tuti, the crescent-shaped island in the heart of the Sudanese capital she calls home, emptied of its inhabitants under a punishing paramilitary siege.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia reads, “Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof,” quoting Leviticus 25:10.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 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

For if Congress has a power to regulate the conditions of the inhabitants of states, within the states, it will be but another exercise of that power to declare that all shall be free.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis