Synonyms of habitants

habitants

noun

plural of habitant

as in inhabitants

one who lives permanently in a place

the habitants of Indiana are nicknamed "Hoosiers"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inhabitants
• residents
• occupants
• inhabiters
• residers
• tenants
• natives
• citizens
• dwellers
• denizens
• aborigines
• colonists
• nationals
• villagers
• émigrés
• settlers
• migrants
• newcomers
• cohabitants
• townsmen
• coresidents
• burghers
• locals
• subjects
• localites
• townees
• townies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• foreigners
• aliens
• visitors
• transients
• tourists
• guests
• nonresidents
• refugees
• emigrants
• expatriates
• exiles
• evacuees
• defectors
• escapers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of habitants

Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

In Les habitants, Depardon outfits a camper-trailer with mics and cameras and hits the French highways, parking in various locations around the country and inviting a range of people—teenagers and the elderly, single people and couples, parents and children—inside simply to talk. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026