tenant

nouns

someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
"the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
renter, tenant
is derived from
tenancy
a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
tenant
is derived from
tenancy
is a type of (narrower)
a person who holds something
"they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport"
holder
any occupant who dwells in a place
tenant
is derived from
tenancy
is a type of (narrower)
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
occupant, occupier, resident

verbs

occupy as a tenant
tenant
is derived from
tenantry
is a type of (narrower)
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
"People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
dwell, inhabit, live, populate