tenants 1 of 2

noun

plural of tenant
1
as in visitors
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house the laundry in the basement is for tenants only

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2
as in residents
one who lives permanently in a place the abandoned warehouse's only tenants are a band of squatters

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tenants

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tenant
as in leases

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Recent Examples of tenants
Noun
The 4,000-square-foot store will be one of the newest tenants in the prominent shopping plaza in downtown Sacramento. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Several Neues Frankfurt estates and their original interiors have been placed under Denkmalschutz, or landmark protection, and the city has hired Frost to restore the kitchens for new tenants. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026 The directive affects a building whose tenants include major international financial institutions such as Merrill Lynch, consulting giant McKinsey & Company and the International Monetary Fund. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Outside of acting, McGuire spent years volunteering for the Coalition for Economic Survival legal clinic in Los Angeles, offering support to low-income tenants fighting eviction. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026 Later in life, McGuire volunteered as a receptionist and advocate at the Coalition for Economic Survival legal clinic in Los Angeles to offer support for low-income tenants facing eviction. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026 Sherman said there have been no decisions about any demolitions in Crown Center and that there are great tenants already on site whom officials look to keep and add to. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 Matt Calvo, co-founder and partner of the commercial real estate firm, previously told the Naperville Sun that the firm was focused on bringing in new retail and restaurant tenants to the building at 239 S. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Too many tenants are competing for too few units, which drives up prices. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenants
  1. visitors
  2. residents
  3. leases
  4. lodgers
  5. occupants
  6. rents
  7. lessees
  8. inhabitants
Noun
  • The library, citing the toys' age and their talent in attracting tens of thousands of visitors a year, wouldn't budge, Brandreth said.
    — STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Some of those choices, such as the village’s promotion of tourism to visitors largely unaware of the threat, appeared to be financially motivated, according to current and former officials who worked on flood response.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of visitors
Noun
  • And so far, things seem to be operating smoothly — something local residents have grown to expect, given the high caliber of local elections officials and the careful oversight of political parties.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Cook County commissioners are looking to take a digital leap to help protect residents’ data from the grasp of immigration enforcement agents.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of residents
Verb
  • The company builds or leases data centers and sells computing capacity to hyperscalers and AI labs.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The company manages and leases 25 million square feet of space, ranging from large urban mixed-use destinations to lifestyle, community and open-air centers, either built from the ground up or purchased.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of leases
Noun
  • For most of the park's existence, Roaring Springs has been the only source of water available for tourists, lodgers, diners, and hikers across both rims and at the bottom of the canyon.
    — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.
    — Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of lodgers
Noun
  • And the office has a history of being a political graveyard for its former occupants who have been frustrated in efforts to reach higher office.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • As the balloon and its occupants fell to the ground, the nylon envelope and the gondola separated, and the wreckage scattered over a roughly 100-yard area, parts of it blackened by the explosion and resulting fire.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of occupants
Verb
  • The National Trust rents out a charming stone cottage called 89 Church Lawn that sleeps seven and sits at the entrance to the 2,650-acre estate.
    — Nicholas DeRenzo, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
  • His employer rents out the robots for events such as OpenAI’s conference.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of rents
Noun
  • More than half the current tenants are original lessees.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
  • Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez attempted to carve out exemptions for commercial restaurant lessees from the wage ordinance, citing a need to establish a distinction between hotel operators/owners and restaurants.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 14 May 2026
Definition of lessees
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 Montaukett, the original inhabitants of the Hamptons, were stripped of their land and tribal rights a century ago.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
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“Tenants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenants. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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