A connector includes a housing including a terminal accommodating chamber to accommodate a terminal, and a tubular portion to surround an insertion opening, through which the terminal enters the terminal accommodating chamber, the tubular portion including an opening portion, a water stop member to prevent water from passing through the insertion opening and a holding member to be inserted from the opening portion such that the water stop member is placed between the insertion opening and the holding member, the holding member retaining the water stop member inside the tubular portion. The holding member includes a projection on an outer surface of the holding member toward an inner peripheral surface of the tubular portion at an end portion of the holding member, the end portion is close to the opening portion of the tubular portion when the holding member is fitted in the tubular portion.