The previous tenant took excellent care of her apartment.
Source: tatoeba (273589)
Tenant
//ˈtɛ.nənt//
Synonyms for "tenant" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
Related word relations
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More general
10 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
131 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُسْتَأجِر noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Armenian
2 entries- վարձակալ noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- տնվոր noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Basque
2 entries- etxetiar noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- maizter noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Bulgarian
4 entries- арендатор noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- наемател noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- обитател noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- со́бственик noun (law: one who holds property)
Catalan
3 entries- inquilí noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- llogater noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- llogar verb (to hold as, or be, a tenant)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 佃戶 /佃户 noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- 房客 noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- 房客 noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- 租戶 /租户 noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Cornish
2 entries- gobrener noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- gobrenores noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Czech
3 entries- nájemce noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- nájemník noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- vlastník noun (law: one who holds property)
Danish
2 entries- beboer noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- lejer noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Dutch
4 entries- bewoner noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- eigenaar noun (law: one who holds property)
- huurder noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- pachter noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Finnish
4 entries- (kiinteistön) haltija noun (law: one who holds property)
- asukas noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- torppari noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- vuokraaja noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
French
3 entries- locataire noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- occupant noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- louer verb (to hold as, or be, a tenant)
Galician
4 entries- arrendatario noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- caseiro noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- inquilino noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- rendeiro noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
German
4 entries- Besitzer noun (law: one who holds property)
- Bewohner noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- Eigentümer noun (law: one who holds property)
- Mieter noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Greek
4 entries- ένοικος noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- ενοικιαστής noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- επικαρπωτής noun (law: one who holds property)
- μισθωτής noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Gujarati
2 entries- કિરાયાદાર noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- ભાડૂત noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Hungarian
3 entries- bérlő noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- lakó noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- tulajdonos noun (law: one who holds property)
Icelandic
3 entries- leigjandi noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- leigutaki noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- ábúandi noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
Ido
4 entries- habitanto noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- habitero noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- lokacanto noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- lokacero noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Irish
2 entries- tionónta noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- tionónta noun (law: one who holds property)
Italian
2 entries- inquilino noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- locatario noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Japanese
4 entries- 借り主 noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- 借地人 noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- 小作人 noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- 賃借人 noun (law: one who holds property)
Kalmyk
1 entries- патьрлач noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Khmer
1 entries- អ្នកជួល noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Ladino
1 entries- kiradjí noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Latin
2 entries- inquilīnus noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- inquilīnus noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
Māori
1 entries- kairīhi noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Norman
1 entries- locataithe noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Norwegian
1 entries- leieboer noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- leieboer noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Persian
2 entries- مست noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- مستاجر noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Polish
3 entries- dzierżawca noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- lokator noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- najemca noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Portuguese
1 entries- inquilino noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Russian
4 entries- аренда́тор noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- владелец noun (law: one who holds property)
- жиле́ц noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- квартиросъёмщик noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- stanar noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- stanarka noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- станар noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- станарка noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Spanish
4 entries- arrendatario noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- dueño noun (law: one who holds property)
- habitante noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- inquilino noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Swedish
4 entries- arrendator noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- hyresgäst noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- hyresgäst noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- arrendera verb (to hold as, or be, a tenant)
Turkish
4 entries- kiracı noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
- kiracı noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
- sahip noun (law: one who holds property)
- sakin noun (one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)
Ukrainian
1 entries- квартирант noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Urdu
1 entries- کِرایَہ دار noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chủ sở hữu noun (law: one who holds property)
- người thuê noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Welsh
1 entries- tenant noun (one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The tenant must pay the landlord the rent at the end of each month.
Source: tatoeba (1587841)
The previous tenant took care of the apartment.
Source: tatoeba (2146019)
A tenancy agreement is a legally binding document between a landlord and their tenant.
Source: tatoeba (3144335)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.