'Have you heard of the mysterious death of your late boarder Mr. Enoch J. Drebber, of Cleveland?' I asked.
Source: tatoeba (6310031)
Boarder
//ˈbɔədə//
Synonyms for "boarder" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
Noun(4 words)
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21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
55 translations across 19 languages.
Breton
1 entries- diabarzhiad noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бордер noun (one who uses a snowboard)
- моряк noun (sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding)
- пансионер noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- пансионер noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
Burmese
1 entries- ဘော်ဒါ noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
Catalan
3 entries- intern noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- interna noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- pensionista noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 寄宿生 noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- 寄膳者 noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
- 玩雪地滑板的人 noun (one who uses a snowboard)
- 被派強登敵船者 /被派强登敌船者 noun (sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding)
Dutch
2 entries- kostganger noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
- kostleerling noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
Finnish
4 entries- alivuokralainen noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
- entraaja noun (sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding)
- lautailija noun (one who uses a snowboard)
- lumilautailija noun (one who uses a snowboard)
French
4 entries- interne noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- pensionnaire noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- pensionnaire noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
- planchiste noun (one who uses a snowboard)
German
4 entries- Internatsschüler noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- Internatsschülerin noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- Kaper noun (sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding)
- Kostgänger noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
Greek
2 entries- τρόφιμος noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- τρόφιμος noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
Hebrew
1 entries- גּוֹלֵשׁ noun (one who uses a snowboard)
Italian
1 entries- pensionante noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
Korean
1 entries- 기숙사생 noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
Macedonian
3 entries- мо́рнар noun (sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding)
- по́тстанар noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- по́тстанар noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
Manx
1 entries- scoillar oastys noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رامپهجی noun (sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding)
Polish
4 entries- pensjonariusz noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- pensjonariusz noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
- pensjonariuszka noun (pupil who lives at school during term)
- pensjonariuszka noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
Swedish
3 entries- brädåkare noun (one who uses a snowboard)
- matgäst noun (someone who pays for meals and lodging)
- äntergast noun (sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding)
Turkish
1 entries- rampacı noun (sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
We've decided to take in a boarder.
Source: tatoeba (10695526)
The student body consisted primarily of boarders, except for a few children belonging to the school staff.
Source: wiktionary
When I left for college, my parents took on a boarder in my old room to help defray expenses.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.