resident
resident is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.
- adjective. Fixed; stable; certain.
- noun. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
- noun. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4.
- noun. a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
"the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital"
- noun. someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
- adjective. living in a particular place
"resident aliens"
- adjective. used of animals that do not migrate
Synonyms
occupant, occupier, nonmigratory
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in resident:
disenter, indesert, inserted, nerdiest, sentried, sintered, trendies
Common word forms
residents, residental, residenter
Words from these letters
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