cohabitants

noun

plural of cohabitant
as in inhabitants

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  1. inhabitants
  2. residents
  3. occupants
  4. dwellers
  5. tenants
  6. habitants
  7. denizens
Noun
  • Today, roughly 22% of land in cities with over 1 million inhabitants is used for parking.
    — George C. Lee II, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The tornado wreaked havoc in the village of 1,000 inhabitants, reducing homes to rubble and destroying numerous cars.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • Baltimore-area residents can expect a mostly sunny and comfortable Saturday before temperatures climb into the 90s and chances for showers and thunderstorms return during the coming week.
    — The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 29 Aug. 2026
  • His campaign website includes a section dedicated to investing in rural communities, and Talarico has focused on data center policy in recent weeks, holding a roundtable in Abilene on the subject that has rattled the state’s rural residents.
    — Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • Before emergency crews arrived, witnesses pulled the occupants out of the burning car.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Officers stopped the car and detained the occupants, identified as a 36-year-old man, a 34-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • It’s seen as particularly beneficial for apartment dwellers and renters and would provide users with a relatively inexpensive way to lower their electrical bills by generating some of their own electricity.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • For instance, more than half of African city dwellers live in slums, meaning their homes are impermanent, overcrowded, and often without easy access to water and toilets.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of dwellers
Noun
  • The property has to be empty of tenants to finalize the deal, and residents may face forcible eviction.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But people in the apartment industry say that, unlike charging utilities as part of the monthly rent, RUBS gives tenants some sense of the cost of taking long showers or leaving the lights on.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of tenants
Noun
  • Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Definition of habitants
Noun
  • Like the resourceful denizens of China’s rotten-tail buildings, the most successful leaders will be the ones who take their fate into their own hands instead of waiting for a new set of rules to rescue them.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In a primary field that looks to be crowded by denizens of the party’s left, a credible moderate could win the nomination and, if current polling is accurate, easily defeat a MAGA GOP candidate.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of denizens
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“Cohabitants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabitants. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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