Occupant and Visitor

Occupant

Occupant noun - One who lives permanently in a place.
Usage example: the only occupants of that house are an old lady and her cat

Visitor is an antonym for occupant.

Visitor

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

Occupant is an antonym for visitor.

How words are described

human human occupant human visitor
female female occupant female visitor
alien alien occupant alien visitor
original original occupant original visitor
Other adjectives: single, male, unfortunate, new, mysterious, strange, last, surviving, previous.
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