LANDLORD Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

landlord

noun

ˈland-ˌlȯrd

Definition of landlord

as in proprietor

the owner of land or housing that is rented to another agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month

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as in taverner

the owner or manager of an inn a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation

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Recent Examples of landlord Meanwhile, in the rental market, the blockbuster RealPage lawsuit alleged that the company’s leasing software pooled landlords’ data and spit out rent recommendations that helped landlords raise rents in lockstep. — Lindsay Owens, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026 The Port of Los Angeles, one of the busiest in the nation, serves as a landlord to operators at its terminals. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Jay Morris, of O,R&L Commercial, represented the landlord in both leasing transactions. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026 If the judge sided with the landlords, the freeze would be canceled and RBG would have to restart its process. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for landlord

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History tells us that promises by news proprietors to preserve their properties’ independence from their own partisan ideological predilections are typically honored in the breach.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Its chef-proprietor Wei Fa Chen trained under renowned chef Masa Takayama at Masa in New York City before setting up shop in Boston, where this tiny, ten-seat counter quickly became one of the city’s toughest tables to book.

— Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of proprietor

Noun

Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2026
The state has asked Lake and Porter counties to adopt a 1% food and beverage tax and for Lake County to pass a 5% innkeepers tax.

— Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026

Definition of innkeeper

Noun

Several vehicle rental companies and car lessors were also ticketed.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Before he was removed and Britton-Harr returned, Hopes estimated that between lessors, members, trade vendors, and sports team partnerships, there could be $50 million in liabilities.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

Definition of lessor

Noun

Macedo wrote a letter to Steve Kawa, the chair of the authority’s board, ahead of the meeting saying that Choudri had misused taxpayer money and abused public trust.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026
The statement comes after the three researchers, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni, posted a letter to OpenAI's various safety oversight groups detailing the circumstances around their firings and their concerns about AI.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of letter

Noun

According to the lawsuits, more than six months before the apartment’s one-year lease expired at the end of July 2025, Cathy and Salvatore gave the renters notice.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
Investopedia calculates housing separately, using Census data on what single older renters, homeowners with mortgages, and homeowners without mortgages pay in each state.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of renter

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