See also: sub-tenant

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sub- +‎ tenant

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subtenant (plural subtenants)

  1. (property law) A tenant of a sublease.
    Synonyms: undertenant, sublessee, underlessee
    Antonyms: sublessor, underlessor, sublandlord, underlandlord, subletter, underletter, head tenant, superior tenant, (informal) subleaser, underleaser
    Hypernyms: tenant, lessee
    Hyponyms: subundertenant, subsubtenant, subunderlessee, subsublessee

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subtenant (third-person singular simple present subtenants, present participle subtenanting, simple past and past participle subtenanted)

  1. (property law, informal) Synonym of sublet.
    Synonyms: sublet, underlet, (informal) sublease, underlease