Inhabitant and Visitor

Inhabitant

Inhabitant noun - One who lives permanently in a place.
Usage example: the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists

Visitor is an antonym for inhabitant.

Visitor

Visitor noun - A person who visits another.
Usage example: put nicer clothes on because they had visitors coming

Inhabitant is an antonym for visitor.

How words are described

known known inhabitant known visitor
human human inhabitant human visitor
old old inhabitant old visitor
female female inhabitant female visitor
Other adjectives: ordinary, original, single, male, innocent, new, frequent, mysterious, strange, last, latest, surviving, earlier, previous.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has a retroactive case of this: Erik the Slayer is an inhabitant of Rorikstead who was based on Erik West (internet alias Immok the Slayer), a visitor to Bethesda's headquarters that surprised the creators for his knowledge of Oblivion.
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