VILLAGERS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

villagers

noun

plural of villager

as in citizens

a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists

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Recent Examples of villagers His painting of The Last Supper (1986) shows a group of villagers sitting cross-legged on a rug, surrounding a round table and sharing food from a round tray. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Though the pirates and villagers celebrate the defeat of Wapol, One Piece season 2 ends with Luffy agreeing to help Princess Vivi, whose homeland of Alabasta is the target of a dangerous plot hatched by Baroque Works. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026 Kristinka Lazar, for example, used the time as an artistic residency to create a collection of paintings called The Gift of Being Seen, featuring 45 portraits of local villagers. — Liz Provencher, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026 Luwi wanted to compile the villagers’ memories into a report, creating an archive of his own. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 The traditional loose shirt called galabeya worn by Egyptian men is quite popular among the villagers and even at celebrations and family parties in the cities. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026 Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians uses a single name, said the quake flattened at least 157 houses and damaged nearly 200 more, forcing about 2,000 villagers to abandon their homes and move to temporary shelters. — Yacob Herin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Rescuers were still searching for villagers feared buried beneath landslides triggered by the quake across six regencies on Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in Muslim-majority Indonesia. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 Suharyanto, who, like many Indonesians, uses a single name, said the quake flattened at least 157 houses and damaged nearly 200 more, forcing about 2,000 villagers to abandon their homes and move to temporary shelters. — CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026

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In this small city, citizens were brought together by frustration over large, corporate health systems that can seem to put profits over patients.

— Noam Levey, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
The national police and the army were helping, along with citizens, Thapa said.

— Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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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

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