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Definition: Occupant |
OccupantNoun1. Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "occupant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Occupant \Oc"cu*pant\, noun. [Latin expression occupans, present participle of occupare: compare to the French expression occupant. See Occupy.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Real Estate | A person who owns or rents a house. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: OccupantSynonyms: occupier (n), resident (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Office holder, official, occupant of a position; public servant, incumbent; winner. |
Inhabitant | Noun: inhabitant; resident, residentiary; dweller, indweller; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier, cotter; compatriot; backsettler, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter. |
Possessor | Noun: possessor, holder; occupant, occupier; tenant; person in possession, man in possession; renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee; zemindar, ryot; tenant on sufferance, tenant at will, tenant from year to year, tenant for years, tenant for life. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Occupant |
| English words defined with "occupant": Doorplane ♦ former ♦ late ♦ occupancy, owner-occupier ♦ previous ♦ Ranchero, Ranchman ♦ single bed ♦ tenancy, tenant, Terre-tenant ♦ vacant ♦ wheelchair. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "occupant": air bag restraint system, air cushion restraint system, air safety bag, Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency ♦ horseshoe parachute pack ♦ inflatable airbag ♦ kidney pad ♦ lumbar cushion ♦ miniature detonating cord ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal ♦ Section 533 grants, Setback Thermostat, skeletal torso harness, solo flight time ♦ tomb, torso suit ♦ Warming-pan, Wheelchairs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "occupant": Occupancy. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Occupant" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (household, inmate, occupant, occupier, occupying). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Daughter of Rural Rehabilitation Administration farmer picking butterbeans for her neighbor in field of an occupant of Wolf Creek Farms homestead. Near Cairo, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The old woman, the only occupant of the house besides himself and Cosette, always went to bed at dark to save candles |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Some previous occupant had fitted up an oil can with a stovepipe, had made a hole in the wall for the stovepipe |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Trends here include the development airbag systems for individual occupant deployment, as well as the development of inflation technologies based on the use of hybrid propellant -- liquid and solid pyrotechnic propellant without azide. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | The Constitution prohibits unlawful entry into a home against the wishes of the occupant and states that a person's private life, privacy of correspondence, telephonic, and telegraphic communications are protected; however, this prohibition was not respected always in practice. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted it is considered no sin to break them open and rifle them, the famous Egyptologist, Dr. Huggyns, explaining that a tomb may be innocently "glened" as soon as its occupant is done "smellynge," the soul being then all exhaled. This reasonable view is now generally accepted by archaeologists, whereby the noble science of Curiosity has been greatly dignified. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Occupant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Occupant" is used about 235 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 235 | 19,568 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "occupant": centreplane of occupant ♦ occupant of dwelling ♦ post occupant ♦ role occupant. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "occupant": space-occupant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
occupant | 14 |
occupant list | 6 |
detection occupant | 3 |
calling occupant of interplanetary craft | 3 |
home occupant owner | 3 |
belt occupant seat | 2 |
fourth occupant world | 2 |
emergency occupant plan | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "occupant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | okupator (occupier), qiramarrës (holder, leaseholder, lessee, occupier, tenant), banor (boarder, denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, inmate, liver, occupier, resident, roomer, tenant), arendator (renter). (various references) | |
Arabic | موظف يشغل عملا, المقيم (denizen, habitat, resident), المتملك (possessor), المستأجر (lessee, occupier, renter, tenant), الساكن (denizen, resident, static, tenant), الراكب (passenger). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | титуляр (titular), владелец, окупатор (invader, occupier), обитател (denizen, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, occupier, tenant), наемател (charterer, holder, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, occupier, renter, tenant), пътник (fare, passenger, peripatetic, pilgrim, rider, traveler, traveller, wayfarer). (various references) | |
Chinese | " 者 , 居住者. (various references) | |
Czech | okupant (invader, occupier), obyvatel (denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, inmate, resident), uživatel (user), držitel (bearer, holder, incumbent, occupier). (various references) | |
Danish | indehaver af bolig (householder, occupant of dwelling). (various references) | |
Dutch | aanwezige (present one). (various references) | |
Esperanto | enestanto. (various references) | |
Farsi | مستاجر (Lessee, Lodger, Roomer, Sharecropper, Tenant), ساکن (Calm, Denizen, Habitant, Inert, Inhabitant, Inmate, Lodger, Occupier, Quiescent, Quiet, Resting, Static, Stationary), اشغال کننده (Holder, Occupier). (various references) | |
Finnish | haltija (fairy, genius, gnome, goblin, guardian spirit, holder, owner, possessor). (various references) | |
French | occupant (occupier, occupying), habitant (occupier). (various references) | |
German | bewohner (denizen, denizens, dweller, dwellers, inhabitant, inhabiters, occupier, population, resident, residents, tenant), Besetzer (occupants). (various references) | |
Greek | κάτοχοσ (holder, occupier), κάτοχος (owner, possessor), ένοικοσ (idweller, lodger, tenant), ένοικος (tenant). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משתכן (dweller, tenant), מחזיק (fixative, holder, keeper). (various references) | |
Hungarian | birtokos (genitive, haver, holder, keeper, possessive, possessor, propertied, proprietary, proprietor), lakó (denizen, habitant, inhabitant, inmate, occupier, resident, residential, roomer, tenant), birtokló, bérlő (hirer, lessee, lodger, renter). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penghuni (inmate). (various references) | |
Italian | occupante (occupier, occupying). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 先住者 (former occupant), 先役 (former occupant of the post, former post). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せ"やく (decoction, elixir, former occupant of the post, former post, infusion, panacea, previous engagement, prior contract), せ"じゅうしゃ (former occupant, full time worker). (various references) | |
Korean | 자. (various references) | |
Manx | cummalagh (capacious, celebrant, holder, inclusive, inhabitable; celebrator, sustaining). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | occupantay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ocupante (inmate, occupier), locatário (lessee, lodger, occupier, renter, tenant), inquilino (lodger, occupier, renter, tenant), dono (boss, compere, holder, keeper, master, occupier, owner, proprietor). (various references) | |
Romanian | ocupant (holder, occupationist, occupier, occupying), locatar (holder, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, lodger, roomer, tenant), deţinãtor (holder, keeper, occupier, owner), arendaş (farmer, landholder, leaseholder, renter, tenant). (various references) | |
Russian | жилец (inmate, lodger, occupier, outgoing tenant). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | stanar (inmate, lodger, tenant), posednik (haver, keeper, owner, possessor). (various references) | |
Spanish | ocupante (inmate, occupier, usurper). (various references) | |
Swedish | innehavare (bearer, holder, occupier, owner, tenant). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้ที่อาศัยอยู่. (various references) | |
Turkish | oturan kimse (indweller, inhabitant, inmate, resident, sitter), oturan (dweller, inhabitant, occupier, resident, sedentary, sitting), kullanıcı (user), işgal eden kimse. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тимчасовий власник, особа, що займа" місце, орендар (co-tenant, farmer, holder, leaseholder, lessee, occupier, renter, tenant), окупант, наймач (employer, leaseholder, renter), мешканець (denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, inmate, lodger, occupier, tenant), пожилець (lodger, occupier). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người chiếm giữ (occupier). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inhabitantem, inhabitantes, inhabitantibus, inhabitantium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "occupant": occupants. (additional references) | |
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"Occupant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accupant, occupa, occupent, Okopyan, Okucani. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "occupant" (pronounced Ä"kyupunt) |
| 5 | -u p u n t | participant. |
| 4 | -p u n t | flippant, rampant, serpent. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-n-o-p-t-u" | |
-1 letter: account. | |
-2 letters: toucan. | |
-3 letters: canto, capon, caput, coact, coapt, cotan, count, octan, panto, punto, puton, unapt, uncap. | |
-4 letters: atop, aunt, auto, cant, capo, coat, coca, coup, nota, pact, pant, pout, puna, punt, taco, tuna, unco, unto, upon. | |
-5 letters: act, ant, apt, can, cap, cat, con, cop, cot, cup, cut, nap, not, nut, oat, oca, opt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-n-o-p-t-u" | |
+1 letter: occupants. | |
+2 letters: conceptual, occupation. | |
+3 letters: occupations, pococurante. | |
+4 letters: conceptually, conduplicate, occupational, pectinaceous, reoccupation, uncomplacent. | |
+5 letters: conceptualise, conceptualism, conceptualist, conceptuality, conceptualize, nonconceptual, pococurantism, preoccupation, reoccupations, uncomplicated. | |
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