residentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈrez.ɪ.dənt/us/ˈrez.ə.dənt/resident noun [ C ] (HOME)
B2 a person who lives or has their home in a place:
a resident of the UK/Australia
The local residents were angry at the lack of parking spaces.
The hotel bar was only open to residents (= to people staying at the hotel).
More examples
- He entered the United States in 1988 as a permanent resident because of his marriage to a U.S. citizen.
- Most local residents strenuously object to the building proposals.
- This pool is for the use of hotel residents only.
- Do these parking restrictions cover residents as well as visitors?
- All the furniture is the work of residents here.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- brain drain
- bum
- city slicker
- cohabitant
- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- occupier
- outflow
- overspill
- roomer
- settler
- squatter
- villager
- welcome wagon
See more results »
resident noun [ C ] (MEDICAL)
US Austalian a doctor who is still training, and who works in a hospital:
She's a first-year resident in oncology at Boston General Hospital.
See also
houseman
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally
- anaesthetist
- auxiliary nurse
- charge nurse
- clinician
- consultant
- dental practitioner/surgeon
- doctor's orders
- ENT
- GP
- houseman
- LPN
- medical examiner
- mo
- nurse
- nursing
- occupational therapy
- odontologist
- radiographer
- senior nursing officer
- specialist
See more results »
residentadjective
uk/ˈrez.ɪ.dənt/us/ˈrez.ə.dənt/C1 living or staying in a place:
She's resident abroad/in Moscow.
[ before noun ] used to refer to someone who has a special skill or quality in a group or organization:
She is the university's resident expert on Italian literature.
humorous Tony is the company's resident clown.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Living or sleeping somewhere
- abide
- domiciled
- dwell
- exist
- habitable
- inhospitable
- live in
- live in sin idiom
- live out
- live-in
- lodge
- populate
- residence
- residency
- residential
- room
- root
- settle
- settle down
- squat
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Experts and specialists