Synonyms of dwellers

dwellers

noun

plural of dweller

as in residents

one who lives permanently in a place

the kinds of nuisances that city dwellers are all too familiar with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• residents
• inhabitants
• occupants
• inhabiters
• residers
• tenants
• natives
• citizens
• denizens
• habitants
• aborigines
• cohabitants
• co-residents
• émigrés
• villagers
• emigrés
• nationals
• newcomers
• migrants
• colonists
• settlers
• townsmen
• coresidents
• burghers
• locals
• subjects
• townies
• localites
• townees

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• foreigners
• aliens
• visitors
• transients
• tourists
• guests
• nonresidents
• refugees
• emigrants
• expatriates
• exiles
• evacuees
• defectors
• escapers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dwellers

Lines have become more routine during peak seasons like the holidays ever since the pandemic shutdown prompted the migration of many city dwellers to more rustic and mountainous towns like Aspen. —Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Jan. 2025

At one point erroneously believed to be water dwellers, these huge, land-dwelling herbivores had small heads and shorter necks and tails than most other sauropods. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025

Meanwhile, city dwellers will find vibrant urban hubs like Oslo and Bergen, known for their architecture, innovative dining, and strong cultural scenes—all while retaining the easy access to the outdoors that Norwegians cherish. —David Nikel, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025

Depending on what the NFL’s other bottom-dwellers do in Week 18, the Panthers could nudge their way into the top 5 of the draft. —Joseph Person, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024

Meanwhile, Democrats doing well with voters with college degrees, suburbanites, city dwellers. —NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024

The feed will help the desert dwellers grow from their current stature — about the size of a deck of playing cards and easy pickings for predators — to fully grown and sturdy adults. —Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024

Desert dwellers will have to stay tuned to find out. —Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024

The seafloor is a more stable, oxygen-poor environment, reducing erosion and decomposition (two reasons scientists find far more fossils of marine creatures than land dwellers) and preserving finer details. —Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024