Synonyms

dweller

American

[dwel-er] / ˈdwɛl ər /

noun

a person or thing that lives or resides in a specified place or environment.

If you act like an arrogant city dweller, you're not going to make it in this small town.
The prospect of having an entire townhouse to oneself has excited many a wealthy apartment dweller.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

dwellers

plural

Etymology

Origin of dweller

dwell ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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dweller dwellers

I’m a city dweller and homeowner who needs a pickup for innumerable small jobs throughout the year—leaf litter in the fall, mulch in the spring, dorm-room moving four times a year—but no big ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

One of the earliest known primates was Teilhardina, a tiny tree dweller weighing just 28 grams – similar to the smallest primate alive today, Madame Berthae’s mouse lemur.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

In a recent viral Reddit post, one New York City dweller said his date asked him to call her an Uber to get to their third date.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

One such garage dweller, Irma Portillo, had been living in a two-car garage in Pacoima for five years with her three children, her late brother’s two children and her mother — seven people in all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

I do not know this—a cave dweller would have had a fire by now, a Cro- Magnon man would have a fire by now—but I don’t know this.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

Retourne pointed to a growth in private car ownership as well as rapid urbanisation, with 200 million additional city dwellers over the past decade.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

From the beginning, Westlake/MacArthur served a number of apartment dwellers, but the apartments and the dwellers have changed.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

And yet, most city dwellers would rather bloom where they’re planted.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026

Sara was thrust into the national spotlight when, in defence of shanty town dwellers, she punched a Davao sheriff in full view of TV news cameras.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

Later they showed me magazines designed exclusively for mobile dwellers, stories and poems and hints for successful mobile living.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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