Synonyms for roommate
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Noun
1. Roomy — A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse)
Other
housemate, chum dated, chambermate dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse).
Related words
- Word family
- roomer
Forms
- Plural
- roommates → roomies, sharemates, housemates, chums…
Example sentences
- housemate I probably have COVID, as my housemate has it.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| roommate | rising | |
| housemate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- chum1
- 5 letters
- roomy2
- 9 letters
- housemate, sharemate
- 11 letters
- chambermate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (roomy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- cothurne