denizens
Those who dwell
Denizens are the inhabitants or regular occupants of a place.
The word has a slightly formal or literary feel: denizens of the deep, the bar's regular denizens.
It suggests creatures or people who belong to a particular environment, whether forest, city, or dive bar.
The singular denizen appears less frequently than the plural.
Those residing somewhere
- populaceInhabitants of a place
- nativesOriginal local population
- settlersThose who establish homes
- folkRegular common people
tenants · householders · colonists · immigrants · emigrants · homesteaders · incomers · occupiers
Residents of a village
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- urbanitesMetropolitan area residents
- suburbanitesOutskirt community residents
countryfolk · burghers · compatriots · constituents · townies · locals · neighbors · old-timers
Residential area nearby
- collectiveJointly organized group
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
congregation · guild · society · club · circle · clique · fraternity · association
occupants
Those residing somewhere
folk · tenants · householders · colonists · immigrants · emigrants · homesteaders · incomers · occupiers · renters
townsfolk
Residents of a village
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- urbanitesMetropolitan area residents
suburbanites · countryfolk · burghers · compatriots · constituents · townies · locals · neighbors · old-timers · newcomers
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
- collectiveJointly organized group
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
assembly · congregation · guild · society · club · circle · clique · fraternity · association · alliance
creatures
Animate beings, especially animals
prey · mammals · birds · reptiles · amphibians · insects · marine life · nocturnal · burrowers · nesters
- residentsresident, inhabitant, local, locals, native
- localsnatives, villagers, townsfolk, neighbors, townies
- regularsregulars, habitues, frequenters, usuals, familiar faces
- life formsorganisms, organism, lifeforms, animal, creatures
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
denizensoutsiders
Those not belonging
interlopers · intruders · trespassers · infiltrators · invaders
denizensstrangers
People unknown to you
newcomers · first-time visitors · tourists · out-of-towners · greenhorns