noninhabitant

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˌnɑnɪnˈhæbətənt/ UK /ˌnɒnɪnˈhæbɪtənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person who is not an inhabitant of a place

Noninhabitants were charged a higher fee at the park gate.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who is not an... nonresidentoutsider stranger visitor

Opposites

inhabitant resident dweller

Word family

Related forms inhabitant inhabit

Etymology

From non- ('not') + inhabitant, from Latin inhabitare ('to dwell in'), from in- ('in') + habitare ('to dwell').

non Latin habitare Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# noninhabitant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌnɑnɪnˈhæbətənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒnɪnˈhæbɪtənt/

## Meanings
1. a person who is not an inhabitant of a place

## Examples
- Noninhabitants were charged a higher fee at the park gate.

## Synonyms
- nonresident
- outsider
- stranger
- visitor

## Antonyms
- inhabitant
- resident
- dweller

## Related Forms
- inhabitant
- inhabit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: habitare

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + inhabitant, from Latin inhabitare ('to dwell in'), from in- ('in') + habitare ('to dwell').

## AI Etymology
Noninhabitant is from non- ('not') + inhabitant, from Latin inhabitare ('to dwell in'), from in- ('in') + habitare ('to dwell'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and habitare (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers a person who is not an inhabitant of a place. The wider family includes related words such as inhabitant and inhabit.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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