Antonyms for tenant


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ten-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn ənt


Definition of tenant

Origin :
  • early 14c., "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-French tenaunt (late 13c.), Old French tenant (12c.), noun use of present participle of tenir "to hold," from Latin tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet).
  • noun person who leases a place
Example sentences :
  • The last I heard of him, he was the tenant of a western penitentiary.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • She was betrothed to a good young man, too: a tenant of his.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • From something in your last, I would wish to explain my idea of being your tenant.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • I have no foolish notion of being a tenant on easier terms than another.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • No tenant could be found for the place, which was avoided as if the plague still clung to it.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Coupeau told his friends he'd pay them something later, out of the rent from his tenant.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Madame Leonce refused to allow the women to go up to her tenant's room.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • I'd get a bit of land somewhere, though I couldn't be a tenant on Ballycloran.
  • Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
  • The left-hand apartment on this floor had as its tenant a Miss Norman.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • Needless to say Jed Winslow did no speculating concerning his tenant's "past."
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for tenant

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