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- pronunciation:
- te
n
 nt
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a person or group that occupies or uses another's house, office, building, or land, esp. in exchange for rent.
Several tenants have complained to the landlord about the mold in their apartments.- synonyms:
- lodger, occupant
- similar words:
- lessee, renter, resident, roomer
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| definition 2: |
an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place.
The flooding forced all the tenants of the area to evacuate.- synonyms:
- inhabitant, occupant, resident
- similar words:
- citizen, landholder, lodger, settler
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| definition 3: |
in law, a person who legally holds or owns land, buildings, or other property.
As the tenant of the property, he is required to pay the county taxes.- synonyms:
- landholder, landowner
- similar words:
- landlord, occupant, owner
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adjective + (n.)tenant
commercial,
disabled,
displaced,
efficient,
elderly,
expected,
fellow,
landless,
legitimate,
liable,
longtime,
previous,
prior,
prospective,
residential,
retail,
short-term,
square,
subsidized,
troublesome,
vacant,
wealthy,
would-be
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verb + (n.)tenant
attract, contract, evict, house, inform, lure, notify, organize, relocate, rent, represent, rid, screen, sign, sue
(n.)tenant
+ verb
complain, entitle, install, lease, occupy, own, reside, retail, undertake, vacate
noun + (n.)tenant
amenity,
anchor,
broker,
buyer,
clause,
commercial,
corridor,
crown,
deposit,
developer,
dispute,
duty,
enterprise,
estate,
eviction,
farm,
hazard,
housing,
landlord,
landowner,
mall,
owner,
paint,
pathway,
peasant,
possession,
property,
renter,
roster,
subsidy,
terrace,
unit,
upstairs
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
tenants, tenanting, tenanted |
| definition: |
to hold, occupy, or use as a tenant; inhabit.
- synonyms:
- lease, rent
- similar words:
- inhabit, occupy
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to occupy a place as a tenant; live or dwell (usu. fol. by "in").
- synonyms:
- lease, rent
- similar words:
- dwell, live, reside, room
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| related words: |
house, lodge |
| derivation: |
tenantless (adj.) |
The word tenant
contains the following parts:
ten, tin, tain
Latin
root
that means to hold
  Example words:
abstain, abstinence, appertain, attain, contain, container, content, contention, continent, continual, continue, continuous, detain, detention, impertinent, incontinent, lieutenant, maintain, maintenance, obtain, pertain, pertinacious, pertinacity, pertinent, retain, retentive, retinue, sustain, tenable, tenacious, tenacity, tenant, tenement, tenet, tennis, tenor, tenure
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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