denizen Definition
deni·zen (den′ə zən)
noun
- an inhabitant or occupant
- a frequenter of a particular place
- Brit. an alien granted specified rights of citizenship
- an animal, plant, foreign word, etc. that has become naturalized
Etymology: ME denisein < Anglo-Fr deinzein < OFr, native inhabitant < denz, within < LL de-intus < L de intus, from within
transitive verb
Brit. to naturalize
denizen Synonyms
denizen Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- world: There are other stories which indicate this human ability to control the denizens of the inner worlds.
- hell: They too suffer horribly but, unlike the denizens of Hell, they have hope; they are working up toward paradise.
- underworld: Upon falling to the Earth, they become denizens of the underworld - the faceless and anonymous Anunnaki.
- place: He was hardly inclined to walk up to any of the denizens of the place and start asking private-eye questions.
- planet: Were these cylinders bearing the last denizens of a once thriving red planet, intent upon claiming Earth as their new home world?
- land: Then the door is closed, leaving the auditorium to the denizens of the border lands to finish their dinner in peace.
Converse of object
- make: Corydoras and Ancistrus catfish make excellent denizens for the bottom level of the aquarium.
- become: I feel I've become a denizen of the true Earth for the first time.
- do: In their watchful silence, and in their rapt attention, do these denizens of the borderlands make known their approbation.
Adjective modifier
- other: Meanwhile, Nemo has befriended the other denizens of the tank, who are led by scarred Moorish idol Gill.
- various: Various denizens of the streets and slums inhabit dark corners of this most brutal of worlds and occasionally Torque encounters them.
- new: Are the new denizens of this area living among the ghosts of the past?
- first: The first travelers to Mars or the first long-term denizens of a lunar base would confront very hostile environments.
- fearsome: Are you a match for the fearsome denizens of the dungeons below?
- supernatural: Travel Risks Long-distance travel is rarely assured to be safe for any supernatural denizen of the World of Darkness.
Browse dictionary entries near denizen
- ‹ denitrify
- ‹ denitrate
- ‹ Denise
- ‹ Denis
- ‹ denim
- ‹ denigrate
- ‹ denier
- ‹ Deniehy, Daniel Henry
- ‹ denicotinize
- ‹ Denial of Service

