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
- 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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