dweller C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈdwɛlɚ/ UK /ˈdwɛlə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person or animal that lives in a specified place As a lifelong city dweller, she found the silence of the country unsettling. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person or animal that... residentinhabitantoccupantdenizentenantnative ↔ Opposites transientvisitor Word family Related forms dwelldwelling Appears in Phrases (1) See all cave dweller a person who makes a home inside a cave Noun + noun Etymology AI details From 'dwell' + agentive '-er'. 'Dwell' is from Old English 'dwellan' ('to remain, abide'), from Proto-Germanic '*dwaljaną'. dwellan Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown