roommate
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈrumˌmeɪt/
- US
:
compañero de cuarto
- Having a roommate can make living expenses much more affordable.
- live with a roommate
- apartment with a roommate
- college roommate
She'll stay in her dorm, get to know her roommates, plural.
- She'll stay in her dorm, get to know her roommates, plural.
- It was me, my girlfriend and our roommate Lauren.
- And his roommate in his father's house was Klaus Fuchs.
- I'm your new roommate, and no, I won't wear a mask.
- Ethan was there singer and his roommate Charlie.
- So then they had to get a new roommate for the show.
- Yo, if you don't like your roommate, Yeah, you suck.
- And so we'd be some roommate remote place on campus.
- That was my roommate is a vampire.
Examples
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The number of young adults living with a roommate has increased while married household arrangements wane.
Academic text (2017) -
You know, I've got a roommate for the first time.
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OK And you have a roommate or you live at home?
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That guy's college roommate was my father.
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Oh, I have a roommate.
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One day, Sally came home and found her roommate smoking inside again.
Academic text (1994) -
I had a Mormon roommate my freshman year.
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She was my freshman roommate last year.
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So my roommate thinks this mug is cursed.
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The patient lived in an apartment with a roommate, and he communicated via lip-reading and sign language.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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7.9
A person who shares a room or apartment with you
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1.8
A person who lives in the same house and is not a family member or partner
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2.5
A person who shares a flat or apartment with other people
A person who shares a home or apartment with you
A person who lives with others in the same home
How Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roommate is made from room and mate, where mate means 'friend' or 'companion', so a roommate is literally someone you share a room with. It's like classmate or teammate, which also name people who are 'with' you in a place or group.