Someone in lawful possession of realproperty, especially, someone who has leasedproperty from the owner; can also refer tosublessees.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
tenant (noun)1.
a) one who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (as a security) by any kind of right
b) one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another , specifically one who rents or leases (as a house) from a landlord
2.
- occupant dweller
transitive verb
to hold or occupy as or as if as a tenant - inhabit
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
tenant (noun)1.
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
SYNONYMS:
boarder, lessee, lodger, renter, roomerRELATED WORDS:
cotenant, subtenant; flatmate [], roommate ( roomie); guest, visitor; occupant, occupier, resident, residerNEAR ANTONYMS:
laird [], landholder, landowner, proprietor; landlady; slumlord; host, innkeeper, proprietor2.
one who lives permanently in a place
SYNONYMS:
denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabiter, occupant, resident, resider, tenantRELATED WORDS:
cohabitant, coresident; aborigine, native; citizen, national, subject; colonist, émigré ( emigré), migrant, newcomer, settler; burgher, local, localite, townee [], townie ( towny), townsman, villagerNEAR ANTONYMS:
alien, foreigner, nonresident; guest, tourist, visitor; defector, emigrant, escaper, evacuee, exile, expatriate, refugee
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