householder

Dwelling's responsible party

A householder is a person who owns or rents a home and is responsible for it.

The term appears in legal, census, and administrative contexts to identify the head of a household: The survey was mailed to all householders in the district.

In everyday speech, homeowner or resident is more common.

ownership

homeowner

Property title holder

  • deedWritten property conveyance
  • titleFormal honorific or name
  • propertySomething owned or inherent

mortgage · landlord · freehold · tenure · landowner · estate · leaseholder · lessor · titleholder · equity

residency

occupant

One dwelling within

resident · lodger · renter · boarder · flatmate · housemate · neighbour · cohabitant · subtenant · villager

civic

taxpayer

One who owes government duties

resident · subject · national · burgher · constituent · census · liability · assessment · jurisdiction · municipality

domestic

chores

Routine household tasks

maintenance · repairs · budgeting · bills · groceries · gardening · tidying · organizing · decorating · sweeping

family

spouse

Married partner

kinship · lineage · dependents · offspring · siblings · nuclear family · extended family · breadwinner · patriarch · matriarch

settler

homesteader

One who settles wilderness land

squatter · immigrant · newcomer · relocator · sodbuster · trailblazer · emigrant · expatriate · landholder · transplant

stewardship

maintenance

Preserving working condition

  • upkeepOngoing preservation effort
  • managementOrganizing and directing resources
  • careAttentive regard for others

responsibility · oversight · preservation · protection · custodianship · husbandry · tending · conservation · sustainability · prudence

Categories
Opposites
property tenure status

householdertenant

One who rents property

renter · lodger · squatter · boarder · lessee

domestic establishment

householderhomeless person

One without housing

vagrant · transient · rough sleeper · drifter · nomad

belonging and residency

householdernonresident

One dwelling elsewhere

non-resident · trespasser · foreigner · outsider · visitor

Phrases
Family

household, householders

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G