denizen

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of DENIZEN

someone who regularly spends time in a particular place <one of those muscle-bound denizens of the gym>

Synonyms familiar, frequenter, habitué (also habitue), haunter, rat, regular

Related Words client, customer, guest, patron; addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, freak, lover, maniac, nut

one who lives permanently in a place <the polar bear is an iconic denizen of the snowy Arctic>

Synonyms denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabiter, occupant, resident, resider, tenant

Related Words cohabitant, coresident; aborigine, native; citizen, national, subject; colonist, émigré (also emigré), migrant, newcomer, settler; burgher, local, localite, townee [chiefly British], townie (or towny), townsman, villager

Near Antonyms alien, foreigner, nonresident; guest, tourist, visitor; defector, emigrant, escaper, evacuee, exile, expatriate, refugee

Antonyms transient

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