tenant

noun

any occupant who dwells in a place

a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

verb

occupy as a tenant

Roots

teneoten- · Latin · hold

Synonyms for tenant

rentern leaseholdern subtenantadj lesseen sublessee lodgern hirern roomern occupantn occupiern

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Where does tenant come from?

The word tenant breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root ten-, from Latin teneo (“hold”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.