tenantless C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈtɛnəntləs/ UK /ˈtɛnəntləs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj having no tenant or occupant; vacant The tenantless cottage slowly fell into ruin. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having no tenant or... vacantunoccupiedemptyuntenanteduninhabited ↔ Opposites occupiedtenantedinhabited Word family Related forms tenanttenancytenement Etymology AI details From tenant + -less. Tenant is from Old French tenant ('holding'), present participle of tenir ('to hold'), from Latin tenere ('to hold'). tenant Old French tenere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tenantless **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtɛnəntləs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtɛnəntləs/ ## Meanings 1. having no tenant or occupant; vacant ## Examples - The tenantless cottage slowly fell into ruin. ## Synonyms - vacant - unoccupied - empty - untenanted - uninhabited ## Antonyms - occupied - tenanted - inhabited ## Related Forms - tenant - tenancy - tenement ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tenant - Root: tenere ## Etymology From tenant + -less. Tenant is from Old French tenant ('holding'), present participle of tenir ('to hold'), from Latin tenere ('to hold'). ## AI Etymology Tenantless is from tenant + -less. Tenant is from Old French tenant ('holding'), present participle of tenir ('to hold'), from Latin tenere ('to hold'). Important recorded forms include tenant (Old French) and tenere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers having no tenant or occupant; vacant. The wider family includes related words such as tenant, tenancy, and tenement. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown