tenant

tenant is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.
2. noun. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
3. transitive verb. To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
4. noun. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

   "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"

   Synonyms: renter

5. noun. any occupant who dwells in a place
6. noun. a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
7. verb. occupy as a tenant

Synonyms

renter

Common word forms

tenants, tenanted, tenanter, tenanting, tenantable, tenantless

Words from these letters

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