dweller

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈdwɛlɚ/ UK /ˈdwɛlə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

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noun
a person or animal that lives in a specified place

As a lifelong city dweller, she found the silence of the country unsettling.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person or animal that... resident inhabitant occupant denizen tenant native

Opposites

transient visitor

Word family

Related forms dwelldwelling

Etymology

From 'dwell' + agentive '-er'. 'Dwell' is from Old English 'dwellan' ('to remain, abide'), from Proto-Germanic '*dwaljaną'.

dwellan Old English

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Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives

# dweller

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈdwɛlɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈdwɛlə

## Meanings
1. a person or animal that lives in a specified place

## Examples
- As a lifelong city dweller, she found the silence of the country unsettling.

## Synonyms
- resident
- inhabitant
- occupant
- denizen
- tenant
- native

## Antonyms
- transient
- visitor

## Related Forms
- dwell
- dwelling

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dwellan

## Etymology
From 'dwell' + agentive '-er'. 'Dwell' is from Old English 'dwellan' ('to remain, abide'), from Proto-Germanic '*dwaljaną'.

## AI Etymology
Dweller is from 'dwell' + agentive '-er'. 'Dwell' is from Old English 'dwellan' ('to remain, abide'), from Proto-Germanic '*dwaljaną'. Important recorded forms include dwellan (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person or animal that lives in a specified place. The wider family includes related words such as dwell and dwelling.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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