Meaning & use
co-occupant
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Meaning
nouncountable
A person who shares a place, such as a house, room, or vehicle, with another person.
Grammar: Countable noun; often followed by 'of': co-occupant of the apartment.
Patterns
- co-occupant of something
- fellow co-occupant
The lease lists both tenants as co-occupants.
She and her co-occupant split the rent equally.
The police interviewed the co-occupant of the vehicle.
Word forms
| plural | co-occupants |
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Common combinations
- co-occupant of the house
- He is a co-occupant of the house.
- co-occupant of the vehicle
- The co-occupant of the vehicle was unharmed.
- legal co-occupant
- She is a legal co-occupant of the property.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- occupant noun
- A person who lives in or uses a place.
- co-occupancy noun
- The state of sharing a place with others.
Commonly confused: co-occupant or occupant?
co-occupant vs occupant
Occupant can mean a single person living in a place; co-occupant specifically means one of multiple people sharing it.
Practice
The apartment has two ______ who share the rent.
Choose one answer.
Co-occupants is the plural form for two people who share the apartment. Occupants could mean people in the apartment but does not necessarily imply sharing; co-occupant and occupant are singular.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “co-occupant”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.