occupant

noun

ˈä-kyə-pənt How to pronounce occupant (audio)
Definition of occupantnext
as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place the only occupants of that house are an old lady and her cat

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Recent Examples of occupant All of the occupants were killed except for teenager Matías Bagnato. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 Moments after driving away, the occupants realized Valdes had been struck in the abdomen by a stray bullet. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 All six occupants were ultimately found dead at the scene, authorities said. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Old furniture fills the rooms, giving the place the domestic, lived-in feel of a family home that has grown with its occupants. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for occupant
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  1. inhabitant
  2. resident
  3. tenant
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
Definition of inhabitant
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  • 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
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  • But its first major tenant, US giant Anthropic, has already signed a lease, setting the stage for the company’s Australian debut.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Publix is shifting from tenant to landlord, snapping up shopping plazas where its supermarkets anchor the retail mix.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of tenant

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“Occupant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupant. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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