VILLAGERS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

villagers

noun

plural of villager

as in citizens

a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists

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Recent Examples of villagers Fischer and Wilson’s bawdy fable is predominately about how this flammable hunk makes the rest of the villagers burn up with jealousy. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 That’s what the Prophet Muhammad was doing in exhibiting restraint with the angry villagers. — Casper Ter Kuile, Vox, 21 Oct. 2026 Andrey Khrzhanovskiy, a blogger who filmed the assault, said the settlers beat Levine with sticks while the journalists and villagers were forced to retreat. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 Armando Babani / Getty Reuters found no evidence of wrongdoing by Kushner, who is not directly involved in the villagers’ dispute. — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026 Levine had been covering attacks by the settlers on Palestinian villagers. — Press Freedom Desk, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026 When the village doctor is found murdered, villagers turn on the boy – leaving the amnesiac stranger, who is experiencing flashbacks to a previous life in England, as his only hope as his powers of deduction return. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 Naibaho described how some villagers in Sumatra are paid up to 15 million Indonesian rupiah ($846) to poach a baby orangutan. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Authorities had moved the start of a curfew forward without ensuring that villagers working outside knew about it. — Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The lawsuit is different from previous legal action against the president -- first, in that the plaintiffs are ordinary citizens, shifting the focus from news gatherers to news consumers, and thus implying a much larger pool of stakeholders.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Israel does not allow most citizens to vote absentee from abroad, so many were expected to fly in, including thousands living in the United States.

— Lia Lapidot Aaron Boxerman and Lia Lapidot, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of citizens

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

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