Definition of Tenant

1. Verb. Occupy as a tenant.

Generic synonyms: Dwell, Inhabit, Live, Populate
Derivative terms: Tenantry

2. Noun. Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else. "The landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
Exact synonyms: Renter
Specialized synonyms: Leaseholder, Lessee, Boarder, Lodger, Roomer
Generic synonyms: Payer, Remunerator
Derivative terms: Rent, Rent, Tenancy

3. Noun. A holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease).
Specialized synonyms: Cotenant, Life Tenant, Tenant Farmer
Generic synonyms: Holder
Derivative terms: Tenancy

4. Noun. Any occupant who dwells in a place.
Generic synonyms: Occupant, Occupier, Resident
Derivative terms: Tenancy

Definition of Tenant

1. n. One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.

2. v. t. To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.

Definition of Tenant

1. Noun. One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others. ¹

2. Noun. An occupant. ¹

3. Noun. (legal) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership. ¹

4. Verb. To hold as, or be, a tenant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tenant

1. to inhabit [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: inhabit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenant

tenaculums
tenacy
tenail
tenaille
tenailles
tenaillon
tenails
tenalgia
tenalgia crepitans
tenancies
tenancies by the entirety
tenancies for life
tenancy
tenancy by the entirety
tenancy for life
tenant (current term)
tenant-in-chief
tenant farmer
tenant farmers
tenant saw
tenant saws
tenantable
tenantableness
tenanted
tenanting
tenantless
tenantlike
tenantries
tenantry
tenants

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