DENIZEN Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

denizen

noun

ˈde-nə-zən

Definition of denizen

as in lover

someone who regularly spends time in a particular place one of those muscle-bound denizens of the gym

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as in resident

one who lives permanently in a place the polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic

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Recent Examples of denizen Are any of them capturing its denizens with a compassion their subjects can’t themselves reciprocate? — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 Bay Area denizens will have plenty of games to choose from – and presumably more traffic than usual to deal with – this weekend as nearly every major team in season is set to play at home. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2026 The 400-year span starts with the Lenape footpath and works its way up to today, when one of the last Bowery artists, Billy Sullivan, has painted the denizens as part of a massive installation of portraits. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026 Lawrence has spent plenty of time with students on Michigan State's sprawling campus, but he's also become a staple at meetings of residents — often farmers or other rural denizens — fighting data center proposals. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for denizen

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Noun

Overton, however, claimed that both informants were lying — and that the semen found on the comforter was planted on the scene by a spurned ex-lover with connections to the police department.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The professionalization worked, but at the expense of the site’s internal culture, Cooke argues, as generous eccentrics were displaced by neurotic lovers of rules.

— Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of lover

Noun

In the port city of Mokha, residents said rockets hit several buildings, including a hospital.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Matthew Unglesbee, a 36-year-old resident of Quincy in southwestern Illinois, was charged with violations related to false information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of resident

Noun

Rugged island Flores, located in the southeast of the Indonesian archipelago, is one of a handful of islands in the world’s most populous Muslim nation with a Christian majority, with 80% of its two million inhabitants identifying as Roman Catholic.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 22 Oct. 2026
The very few people who live there work on sheep ranches, and in some areas the population density is as low as one-tenth of an inhabitant per square mile.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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But instead the sisters wind up confronting assassins, demons with human familiars, and revelations about their late mother’s place within Le Clan des Sorcières.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025

Definition of familiar

Noun

Well outside Cuba’s territorial waters, Cuban MiGs destroyed two of the civilian planes with air-to-air missiles, killing the four occupants, the complaint said.

— David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
According to the affidavit, Cuban intelligence operatives conducted activities in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties that investigators contend formed part of a conspiracy to murder the occupants of the Brothers to the Rescue aircraft.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupant

Noun

In 1894 French-Swiss bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin isolated the plague bacterium and connected rat infestations to the disease.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
That money will fund a rat model of Jaxson’s gene mutation, which is expected to be studied at UT Southwestern next year.

— Ciara McCarthy October 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026

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