denizen

Other forms of denizen

plural

denizens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about denizen

What does denizen mean?

denizen means "a person who inhabits a particular place". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in denizen?

denizen has 3 syllables: den-i-zen. The stress falls on "den". In IPA it is /ˈdɛnəzən/.

What is another word for denizen?

Close synonyms include inhabitant, habitant, dweller, indweller. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is denizen a common word?

denizen is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.