tenant

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.nənt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
  2. noun a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
  3. noun any occupant who dwells in a place

Etymology

From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

renter

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
payer
Narrower (hyponyms)
leaseholder, lodger

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