resident

Meaning of resident

noun
  1. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
    The tiger lily is a resident of Asia.
  2. A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
  3. A physician receiving specialized medical training.
    She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.
  4. A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
  5. A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
adjective
  1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
    resident in the city or in the country
  2. Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
    He is our resident computer expert.
  3. Fixed; stable; certain.
  4. (of memory) Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.

noun

The head spy in a rezidentura.

Information about resident

Hyphenation of resident

res-i-dent

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • resident is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

resident synonyms

Meaning nonmigratory:

nonmigratory

Meaning occupant:

occupant, occupier

Translation of resident

Anagrams of resident

disenter, Dniester, indesert, inserted, nerdiest, sentried, sintered, trendies

Words that rhyme with resident

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