Synonyms for tenant
ˈtɛn əntten·ant

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1. tenantnoun

   Synonyms:
   lessee

2. tenantnoun

   To hold as, or be, a tenant.

   Synonyms:
   lessee

3. tenantnoun

   One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.

   Synonyms:
   lessee

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1. tenant

   Synonyms:
   occupant, lessee, occupier, resident, dweller

   Antonyms:
   owner, landlord, lessor

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1. tenant, renternoun

   someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

   "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"

   Synonyms:
   renter

2. tenantnoun

   a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

   Synonyms:
   renter

3. tenantverb

   any occupant who dwells in a place

   Synonyms:
   renter

4. tenantverb

   occupy as a tenant

Matched Categories

1. • Holder
   • Inhabit
   • Payer

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1. tenantnoun

   Synonyms:
   occupier, occupant, resident, dweller, lessee, renter

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1. List of paraphrases for "tenant":

   lessee, tenants, renter, renters, lodger, lessees, occupant, boarder, user, charterer

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1. Robert G. Ingersoll:

   Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man.

2. Jesse Keenan:

   What really matters in these small deals is the validity of rent rolls, of abstracting leases and reviewing inspection reports for tenant improvements, the numbers are simple. The real business decisions come from things that just can't be automated.

3. Ralf Dommermuth:

   There's a difference between being a tenant and an owner, if I'm a tenant, then I pay rent every month. If I'm an owner, then I must invest. If I invest, I can borrow but I also need to put in my own money.

4. Joseph Strasburg:

   With no requirement of proof that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected their income, and no income limitation to qualify for eviction protection, a tenant whose household income went from a half-million dollars to $250,000 would qualify for eviction protection by declaring that their income has been significantly reduced.

5. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman:

   The current real-estate boom ... is not like the real-estate booms we have seen before, it is not going down. This is the landlord-tenant equivalent of climate change.