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occupant

occupant

62 3.3
A person who lives in a house or uses a seat
  • noun
  • /ˈɑkjəpənt/
translation icon : ocupante
  • The new occupant of the apartment decorated it with bright colors.
  • house occupants
  • current occupant
  • previous occupants

Instead you have to ask the front seat occupants nicely to turn it on using the center screen.

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Examples

  • If it isn't, I will just move the current occupant.

  • Their low- and mixed-income occupants now represent most of the district's population.

    Academic text (2012)
  • I'm, I'm the temporary occupant of this, of this place.

  • But Famcam also looks forward, so you can check out what your rear facing child seat occupant is doing as well.

  • Captain, we have a suspect vehicle with occupant back near the Dells.

  • An unidentified woman, sole occupant.

  • Now, as the building manager, I got a legal right to enter an apartment, especially if I feel the occupant to be unwell and the occupant is not current on her rent.

  • Valerian turned back to the occupants of the room, bowing once more.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Wheelchairs have adjustable supports that are traditionally positioned for occupant comfort or by common sense.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The land was inexpensive, and complaining neighbors were few because few other occupants found it suited to their needs.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

resident
vsoccupant
1.8

A person who lives in a place for a long time

is used more broadly for any short or long stay in a place
inhabitant
vsoccupant
106 2.8

A person or animal that lives in a particular place

is a practical term for someone using or staying in a place
dweller
vsoccupant
49 3.2

A person or animal who lives in a certain place

is focused on a person who lives in or uses a place
occupier
vsoccupant
7 4.1

A person who lives in a house or apartment

is any person who lives in or uses a place for a period
lodger
vsoccupant
  • UK
5 3.4

A person who pays to live in a room in someone else's house and shares the kitchen and bathroom

is a general label that does not imply payment or shared housing
habitant
vsoccupant
  • UK
1 5.4

A person or animal that lives in a place

is the term for a person who lives in or uses a place temporarily
roomer
vsoccupant
  • US
1 6.9

A person who rents a room in another person's house

is the broad term for someone who lives in or uses a place

Antonyms

908 1.0

A person who goes to a place for a short time to see someone or something

How Long

resident
1.8
occupant
62 3.3
visitor
908 1.0

Surface Forms

occupant singular
occupants plural

Morphology

occupant = occupy (transparent) = occupy + ant

A regular agentive formation: 'occupy' (to take or use a place) + '-ant' yields 'occupant' meaning 'one who occupies'.

Etymology

Occupant comes from an old Latin verb occupare, which meant 'to take' or 'to hold', and you can see the same root in the familiar word occupy. So an occupant is simply someone who 'takes' or 'uses' a house, seat, or place for a time.