squatter Synonyms
Another word for squatter
• noun (Context 1)
A person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land without legal title, right, or payment of rent.
"The municipal council took legal action to evict the trespasser from the abandoned warehouse."
• noun (Context 2)
Historically, a pioneer who occupied large tracts of Crown land to graze livestock without initial legal title, later denoting a wealthy pastoralist or sheep grazier of high social standing.
"By the late nineteenth century, the prosperous grazier owned tens of thousands of sheep across the New South Wales plains."
• noun (Context 3)
Historically, a frontier settler who occupied and improved public land prior to formal survey in order to acquire preemption rights.
"Under the Preemption Act of 1841, a frontier homesteader could purchase up to 160 acres of surveyed public land before it went to auction."
• adjective (Context 4)
More squat; shorter, wider, or more disproportionately thickset in build or shape.
"The ceramic artist chose a stockier vase design so it would not tip over on the narrow shelf."
• noun (Context 5)
A person or animal that crouches low to the ground with knees bent.
"After hours of weeding the garden beds, the tired croucher stood up to stretch his cramped legs."
Opposites of squatter
The opposite of squatter shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: