What does resident mean?
Word: Resident
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Resident means a person who lives in a particular place or has their home there.
Synonyms: dweller, local
How do you spell resident?
Syllables: res - i - dent
Tricky part: The ending is a quick, weak sound that could be spelt ant or ent; resident takes ent.
Watch out for: residant, rezident, ressident
Memory tip: Keep the ants out of the house: a resident has no ant at the end of the word.
Resident in a sentence
Example 1: Every resident of our block of flats voted on the colour for the new gate.
Example 2: The lane is quiet because most residents walk to the market.
Example 3: As a resident of Chennai for ten years, Mr Iyer knows the best breakfast stalls.
Fun Fact
In many housing estates, a residents' association looks after the shared parks, street lights and water supply.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our local newspaper asked one resedent from each street to share a favourite memory of the old banyan tree near the lake.
a) street
b) memory
c) resedent
d) newspaper
Show answer
c) resedent. The vowel after the s is an i.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word resident as used in the sentence:
Only residents may use the swimming pool in our building.
a) inhabitant
b) householder
c) visitor
d) occupant
Show answer
c) visitor. A visitor only comes for a while, unlike someone who lives in the building.
Word Makeup
Only one of these words takes the suffix ial to make a real word. Choose it.
ial
a) owner
b) tenant
c) resident
d) guest
Show answer
c) resident. Residential describes an area where people live; tenant, guest and owner have no ial form.
Spell-o-Spell
One of these words is spelt right. Pick the meaning of that word.
1. landlard 2. comittee 3. citisen 4. resident
a) a member of a country with full rights there
b) a small group chosen to plan or decide things
c) a person who rents out a house or flat
d) someone who makes a certain place their home
Show answer
d) someone who makes a certain place their home. Written correctly, the others are citizen, committee and landlord, so resident stands alone.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A sign at a gate says 'Residents only beyond this point.' Who may go through?
a) guests who arrive by car
b) anyone who has bought a ticket
c) people who live in the homes there
d) delivery riders at any time of day
Show answer
c) people who live in the homes there
2. A bird that is a resident of Delhi ____.
a) flies south every winter
b) stays in the area all year round
c) is seen only at the zoo
d) arrives only for the monsoon
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b) stays in the area all year round
