flatmate

noun

flat·​mate ˈflat-ˌmāt 

chiefly British

: one of two or more persons sharing the same flat

Examples of flatmate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Set in a Barcelona shaped by housing crisis, the film follows a delivery worker on the verge of eviction who must find her missing flatmate-landlord after she is abducted by a criminal group tied to the city’s property market. —Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026

The cast includes Black Ops star Hammed Animashaun, Emma Sidi, who played Rose Matafeo’s flatmate in Starstruck, and Al Nash, a viral comic who satirizes social media tropes. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026

This dilemma was inspired during lockdown, when my flatmate was listening to the audiobook of Bleak House. —Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025

American Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of the murder of Ms Knox's former British flatmate Meredith Kercher in 2007. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flatmate

• abate
• airfreight
• await
• baseplate
• berate
• birthdate
• birthrate
• bookplate
• borate
• breastplate
• bromate
• casemate