Antonyms for residents


Grammar : Noun
Spell : rez-i-duh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛz ɪ dənt


Definition of residents

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "an inhabitant, one who resides," from resident (adj.). Meaning "medical graduate in practice in a hospital as training" first attested 1892, American English.
  • noun person living in a particular place
Example sentences :
  • Sometimes we had a meeting of the residents of our own gulch.
  • Extract from : « A Gold Hunter's Experience » by Chalkley J. Hambleton
  • Many of these residents of the North were themselves but recently come from the South.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • As a matter of fact, scarcely half that number were residents of the city.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • They numbered about 2500 persons in 1911 and are residents of the ChhattÄ«sgarh plain.
  • Extract from : « The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India » by R. V. Russell
  • The residents of Pompeii had fine plumbing, baths and luxuries.
  • Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
  • These were attended not only by all the residents, but by many of the farmers and their families.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
  • Hundreds of residents of the lowlands abandoned their homes.
  • Extract from : « The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado » by Logan Marshall
  • The residents were told not to stop for clothes or valuables.
  • Extract from : « The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado » by Logan Marshall
  • There was no one visible; all the residents were evidently at the feast.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • When he died the residents of his native town erected a memorial to him.
  • Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees

Synonyms for residents

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