dweller

Noun

Meaning

An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

habitant inhabitant denizen indweller european australian national asian phantom aboriginal galilean freeman nazarene islander american
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Antonyms

emmet explorer gypsy voyager outlander barbarian
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

australian european asian galilean alsatian latin

Phrases with the word

bush dweller earth dweller street dweller ocean dweller country dweller geneva dweller

Examples

For it is said, "You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him," that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need. Maimonides

Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, mark! Who in widow weeds appears, Laden with unhonoured years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited with many a deadly curse? Robert Burns

Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea, Why takest thou its melancholy voice, And with that boding cry Why o'er the waves dost fly? O, rather, bird, with me Through the fair land rejoice! Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

He is no longer a city dweller who has even once in his life caught a ruff or seen how, on clear and cool autumn days, flocks of migrating thrushes drift over a village. Until his death he will be drawn to freedom. Anton Chekhov

I have to teach myself to do nothing. In the last phase of a man's life, according to the Hindu tradition, you're meant to be a forest dweller. Khushwant Singh

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body. Mahatma Gandhi

Close letter words and terms

dwell with someone dwellable dwelled in dwelling dwelling creatures dwelling house