Definitions for occupant

occupant oc·cu·pant

Spelling: [ok-yuh-puh nt]
IPA: /ˈɒk yə pənt/

Occupant is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 195 anagrams from letters in occupant (accnoptu).

Definitions for occupant

noun

  1. a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something:
  2. a tenant of a house, estate, office, etc.; resident.
  3. Law. an owner through occupancy. one who is in actual possession.

Origin of occupant

1590-1600; Middle French occupant, present participle of occuper. See occupy, -ant

Examples for occupant

Thus far the tomb at Amphipolis has produced artistic wonders, adding to speculation that its occupant(s) held very high rank.

Indeed, the cupholders of every occupant in the row in front of me actually had chocolate milk in them.

In his quest for the White House, Mitt Romney has repeatedly made the case that he is a better manager than its current occupant.

The pole and the canopy of the hammock tangled inextricably its occupant.

Neither of the two had been there since its present occupant had had possession of it.

The coffee-room had no other occupant, that forenoon, than the gentleman in brown.

He is a popular former governor and current occupant of the Senate seat that Gillespie seeks to win.

He had, perhaps, a trifle less respect for the room and its occupant.

The challenge was to connect with ordinary voters and make them feel comfortable with him as an occupant of the Oval Office.

Was the occupant a rat or a skunk, and if so, what was he going to do?

Word Value for occupant
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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