inhabitant, n. 1. resident, resider, residencer, residentiary, permanent resident, habitant, dweller, occupant, occupier, denizen, householder, addressee, Archaic, inhabiter, habitant; indweller, incumbent, inmate; tenant, lodger, boarder, roomer, paying guest, Sl. crasher; renter, lessee, leaseholder.
2. settler, homesteader, colonist, squatter, cottager, cottier, Scot. cotter or cottar; villager, townsman, burgher, burgess, oppidan.
3. native, aborigine, aboriginal, autochthon, indigene.
inhalation, n. 1. breathing, inspiration, insufflation, inhalement; taking in, sucking in, suction, aspiration; sniff, sniffle, snuffle; gasp, gulp.
2. puff, Inf. drag, Sl. toke, (of drug use) Sl. hit, (of drug use) Sl. toot, (of drug use) Sl. snort.
inhale, v. 1. breathe in, draw in, suck in, inspire, inbreathe; sniff, snuff, sniffle, snuffle; gasp, gulp.
2. take in, puff, Inf. drag, Sl. toke, (of drug use) Sl. take or have a toot, (of drug use) Sl. snort, (of drug use) Sl. take a hit.
inharmonious, adj. 1. discordant, cacophonous, dissonant, absonant, inharmonic, unharmonious; un-melodious, unmusical, tuneless, atonal; out of tune, out of step, out of key, off beat, off key, off pitch, flat; harsh, jarring, jangling, raucous, strident.
2. disagreeable, uncongenial, incompatible, irreconcilable, negative; disputatious, quarrelsome, dissentient, factious, clashing, litigious; conflicting, contradictory, controversial, antagonistic, antipathetic.
inharmoniousness, n. 1. discordance, dissonance, cacophony, disharmony, absonance, discord; unmelodiousness, unmusicality, tunelessness, atonality; cat's concert, Dutch concert, caterwauling, racket; jangling, raucousness, harshness, marrowbones and cleavers.
2. disagreeability, disagreeableness, discordancy, uncongeniality, incompatibility, irreconcilability; disagreement, argumentation, dissidence, variance, disaccord, disunion, divergence; clash, antagonism, opposition, conflict, faction, controversy.
inhere, v. 1. belong intrinsically, be inherent, be immanent, be part of; belong, stay, reside; fill, inhabit, occupy; abide, live, dwell.
2. form, constitute, make, make up, compose, Inf. comprise; pertain, relate, connect, correspond.
inherent, adj. 1. inborn, inbred, innate, ingenerate; immanent, indwelling, inherent, indigenous, intrinsic; permanent, inseparable, built-in.
2. native, natural, natural-born; congenital, hereditary, inherited, in the blood, in the family; ingrained, engrained, inwrought, enwrought, Obs. inhering, Obs. infixed.
3. characteristic, subjective, constitutional, idiosyncratic.
4. essential, basic, rooted, deep-rooted, radical, organic, fundamental, substantial.
inherit, v. 1. come into, fall or become heir to, Inf. come by; acquire, get, receive, come in for; be willed, be left, be bequeathed, be transferred, Law. be devised; be passed on or down to, be turned or given over to, devolve on.
2. (usu. of an office, title or position) accede to, succeed to, enter upon; assume, take on or over, accept; attain, arrive at, reach; come to, rise to, be promoted to, be elevated to, graduate to.
inheritance, n. 1. legacy, bequest, endowment, heirdom, heirship, Archaic, heritance, gift, donation; dot, dowry, Law. dower, Law. jointure; estate, patrimony, Law. hereditament, property, possessions; portion, share, birthright, lot.
2. (usu. of an office, title or position) accession, succession, assumption, taking on or over; entering upon, arrival at, advent to; elevation, promotion, rise, coming to, reaching, attainment; induction, installation, initiation, inauguration, investiture.