Antonyms for tenanted
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : ten-uh nt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn ənt |
Definition of tenanted
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).
- As in inhabited : adj occupied
- As in rented : adj leased
- As in inhabit : verb take up residence in
- As in occupy : verb reside; use
- As in reside : verb live or exist in
- As in dwell : verb live in
- They are barren, till the imagination has tenanted them with possibilities of danger and dismay.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The shores of its creeks and fens are tenanted by minks and muskrats.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- The library was tenanted by Cousin Percy, who was taking a nap on the lounge.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- There was a mean suburb in front of our position, tenanted solely by Egyptians.
- Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
- Gilian realised that his imagination, and his imagination only, had tenanted the pew.
- Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
- It was often surmised that this ample region must be tenanted by some other planet.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
- It was now tenanted by one too young, too pure, to fear aught unearthly.
- Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
- These were tenanted by young men in every stage of suffering and exhaustion.
- Extract from : « In the Track of the Troops » by R.M. Ballantyne
- It was tenanted and enjoyed by countless numbers of living creatures.
- Extract from : « The Pioneers » by R.M. Ballantyne
- At the time of these alterations, the house was tenanted by a shoemaker.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 137, June 12, 1852 » by Various
Synonyms for tenanted
- abide
- be established
- be in command
- be in residence
- be intrinsic to
- be vested
- bide
- bunk
- chartered
- colonized
- consist
- continue
- contracted
- cover
- crash
- developed
- dig
- dwell
- endure
- ensconce
- establish
- establish oneself
- exist
- fill
- flop
- hang one's hat
- hang out
- hired
- hold
- hole up
- indwell
- inhabit
- inhere
- involve
- keep
- keep house
- lent
- let
- lie
- live
- live in
- lived in
- locate
- lodge
- maintain
- make one's home
- nest
- occupied
- occupy
- own
- owned
- park
- people
- peopled
- perch
- permeate
- pervade
- pioneered
- pitch tent
- populate
- populated
- populous
- possess
- possessed
- quarter
- remain
- rent
- rented
- reside
- rest
- rest with
- room
- roost
- settle
- settled
- sit
- sojourn
- squat
- stay
- stop
- sublet
- take up
- take up residence
- tarry
- tenant
- tenanted
- tent
- utilize
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