The inhabitants of a place are the people who live there.
...the inhabitants of Glasgow. [+ of]
Synonyms: occupant, resident, citizen, local More Synonyms of inhabitant
inhabitant in British English
(ɪnˈhæbɪtənt)
noun
a person or animal that is a permanent resident of a particular place or region
Derived forms
inhabitancy (inˈhabitancy) or inhabitance (inˈhabitance)
noun
inhabitant in American English
(ɪnˈhæbɪtənt)
noun
a person or animal that inhabits some specified region, dwelling, etc.; permanent resident
Word origin
ME inhabitaunt < OFr inhabitant < L inhabitans, prp. of inhabitare
Examples of 'inhabitant' in a sentence
inhabitant
Sa Dec is a small city of 30,000 inhabitants and relatively undisturbed by tourists.
The Sun (2016)
Turkey's imprisonment of writers and teachers today is railed against by many of the city 's inhabitants for not just humanitarian but historical reasons.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
In two years the city would become almost totally empty of its former inhabitants.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
The six inhabitants now live near by with relatives.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The local inhabitants would not sleep on the island themselves.
Edward Beauclerk Maurice THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004)
Most of the original inhabitants had fled or been killed.
Stewart, Bob (Lt-Col) Broken Lives (1993)
And last week the former inhabitants of the other lost their battle for a right to return.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
How their own activities appeared to the local inhabitants rarely seems to have been taken into account.
Glyn Williams VOYAGES OF DELUSION: The Search for the North West Passage in the Age of Reason (2002)
And where are the local inhabitants who played such a major part in the settlement?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The original inhabitants carved them from soft volcanic rock and almost all are positioned around the coast facing inland.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Of course there are things that inhabitants of a city can't know.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The region 's inhabitants have taken little notice of this frontier from that day to this.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Its 100 or so inhabitants lived almost entirely without technology.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On the Japanese shore the elderly former inhabitants look on in frustration.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The problem was not that it mechanically blamed all the island's misfortunes on its original inhabitants.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
But there are no other reminders of the house's famous former inhabitant.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Returning from the old town, we were taken to see some of the inhabitants who lived in the cellars.
Stewart, Bob (Lt-Col) Broken Lives (1993)
Was the original inhabitant a Romanian?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The huge island has just 2,500 permanent inhabitants and 3,000 polar bears.
The Sun (2015)
The subsequent riot lasted for hours and led to street fighting as police struggled to control the rage of some of the city 's poorest inhabitants.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
More than 700 of the city 's inhabitants lost their lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Yet its former inhabitants, much like the seabirds, are endangered.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
inhabitant
British English: inhabitant /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/ NOUN
The inhabitants of a place are the people who live there.
...the inhabitants of the town.
American English: inhabitant
Arabic: سَاكِنٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: habitante
Chinese: 居民
Croatian: stanovnik
Czech: obyvatel
Danish: beboer
Dutch: inwoner
European Spanish: habitante
Finnish: asukas
French: habitant
German: Bewohner
Greek: κάτοικος
Italian: abitante
Japanese: 住人
Korean: 주민
Norwegian: innbygger
Polish: mieszkaniec
European Portuguese: habitante
Romanian: locuitor
Russian: житель
Latin American Spanish: habitante
Swedish: invånare
Thai: ผู้อยู่อาศัย
Turkish: sakin konut
Ukrainian: мешканець
Vietnamese: dân cư
Chinese translation of 'inhabitant'
inhabitant
(ɪnˈhæbɪtnt)
n(c)
居民 (jūmín) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a person or animal that is a permanent resident of a particular place or region
the inhabitants of Glasgow
Synonyms
occupant
Most of the occupants had left before the fire broke out.
resident
Ten per cent of residents live below the poverty line.
citizen
The citizens of Greece flocked to the games.
local
That's what the locals call the place.
native
He was a native of France.
tenant
obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant
inmate
A fellow inmate said that she was in very good shape.
dweller
The number of city dwellers is growing.
occupier
A form will be sent to the current occupier of the address.
denizen
the denizens of New York
indigene
indweller
subject word lists
See Inhabitants
Additional synonyms
in the sense of citizen
Definition
an inhabitant of a city or town
The citizens of Greece flocked to the games.
Synonyms
inhabitant,
resident,
burgess,
dweller,
ratepayer,
denizen,
subject,
freeman or woman,
burgher,
townsman or woman or person
in the sense of denizen
Definition
a person, animal, or plant that lives or grows in a particular place