tenant

see definition of tenant

nounperson who leases a place

Synonyms for tenant

noun person who leases a place

Antonyms for tenant

landlord

guest

noun. person accommodated, given hospitality

guests

noun. person accommodated, given hospitality

inhabitant

noun. person who is resident of habitation

Word Origin & History

early 14c., "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-French tenaunt (late 13c.), Old French tenant (12c.), noun use of present participle of tenir "to hold," from Latin tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet).

Example Sentences for tenant

The last I heard of him, he was the tenant of a western penitentiary.

She was betrothed to a good young man, too: a tenant of his.

From something in your last, I would wish to explain my idea of being your tenant.

I have no foolish notion of being a tenant on easier terms than another.

No tenant could be found for the place, which was avoided as if the plague still clung to it.

Coupeau told his friends he'd pay them something later, out of the rent from his tenant.

Madame Leonce refused to allow the women to go up to her tenant's room.

I'd get a bit of land somewhere, though I couldn't be a tenant on Ballycloran.

The left-hand apartment on this floor had as its tenant a Miss Norman.

Needless to say Jed Winslow did no speculating concerning his tenant's "past."

tenant

Synonyms for tenant

Antonyms for tenant

More words related to tenant

dwell

dwelt

guest

guests

inhabit

inhabitant