housemate

noun

house·​mate ˈhau̇s-ˌmāt How to pronounce housemate (audio)
Synonyms of housematenext
: a person who lives in the same house with another

Examples of housemate in a Sentence

In college, she lived in a house off campus with five housemates. The TV belongs to my housemate.
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The new season of La Casa de los Famosos has been explosive since Day 1, with many housemates having strong personalities and reality-show experience. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026 This willful overreach is more or less business as usual for Albarn and his old housemate Hewlett, who, by conceiving this cartoon combo of multiracial punks in 1998, advanced a vision of pop hybridity that anticipated our age of cultural superabundance. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026 Levy allegedly claimed that a housemate may have jumped on her. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026 My other housemates were long whisked away by beckoning purpose. Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for housemate

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of housemate was in 1593

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“Housemate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housemate. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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housemate

noun
house·​mate -ˌsmāt How to pronounce housemate (audio)
: a person who lives with another in the same house

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