The hair on the back of Tom's neck stood up when he heard a strange sound coming from the room where a previous occupant had been murdered many years before.
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Occupant
//ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt//
Synonyms for "occupant" (44 found)
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Related words (22)
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1 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
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6 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 15 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- işğalçı noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
Bulgarian
3 entries- жител noun (owner or tenant)
- обитател noun (owner or tenant)
- пътник noun (person sitting in a vehicle)
Czech
2 entries- cestující noun (person sitting in a vehicle)
- okupant noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
Dutch
2 entries- bewoner noun (owner or tenant)
- inzittende noun (person sitting in a vehicle)
Finnish
4 entries- asukas noun (owner or tenant)
- haltija noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
- haltija noun (owner or tenant)
- kuljettaja noun (person sitting in a vehicle)
French
4 entries- habitant noun (owner or tenant)
- occupant noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
- occupant noun (person sitting in a vehicle)
- passager noun (person sitting in a vehicle)
Georgian
1 entries- ოკუპანტი noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
German
4 entries- Besatzer noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
- Besatzerin noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
- Bewohner noun (owner or tenant)
- Bewohnerin noun (owner or tenant)
Greek
2 entries- ένοικος noun (owner or tenant)
- κάτοχος noun (owner or tenant)
Māori
1 entries- kainoho noun (owner or tenant)
Persian
3 entries- صاحب noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
- صاحب noun (owner or tenant)
- مالک noun (owner or tenant)
Portuguese
1 entries- ocupante noun (person sitting in a vehicle)
Russian
4 entries- жиле́ц noun (owner or tenant)
- квартира́нт noun (owner or tenant)
- квартира́нтка noun (owner or tenant)
- оккупа́нт noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
Spanish
3 entries- ocupante noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
- ocupante noun (person sitting in a vehicle)
- ocupante noun (owner or tenant)
Ukrainian
2 entries- окупа́нт noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
- окупа́нтка noun (person who occupies an office or a position)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
In the cities nothing is more surprising to a foreigner than to go from the dust and turmoil of a busy street directly into a rustic yard and the felicity of quiet country life. On one of the busy streets of Tokio I had often passed a low shop, the barred front of which was never opened to traffic, nor was there ever any one present with whom to deal. I used often to peer between the bars; and from the form of the wooden boxes on the step-like shelves within, I knew that the occupant was a dealer in old pottery.
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Russia is an occupant.
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One bamboo chair had already been vacated by its occupant; in the other, sat a young English lady.
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