tenant
1. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else (Freq. 4)
- the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent
• Syn:
renter
• Derivationally related forms:
rent (for: renter), tenancy
• Hypernyms:
payer, remunerator
• Hyponyms:
leaseholder, lessee, lodger, boarder, roomer
2. a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
• Derivationally related forms:
tenancy
• Hypernyms:
holder
• Hyponyms:
cotenant, life tenant, tenant farmer
3. any occupant who dwells in a place
• Derivationally related forms:
tenancy
• Hypernyms:
resident, occupant, occupier
occupy as a tenant
• Derivationally related forms:
tenantry
• Hypernyms:
populate, dwell, live, inhabit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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