housemate

noun

house·​mate ˈhau̇s-ˌmāt How to pronounce housemate (audio)
: 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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Big Brother went from America voting out the houseguests to the housemates voting out their own with weekly competitions to have ultimate power as Head of Household. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 July 2025 Hall said she was only allowed to call her mom once a week using a housemate's phone. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 These beautiful housemates must sleep around, vote each other out and win challenges for luxury rewards as well as communal necessities (see: a front door). Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 July 2025 Akasha’s housemate, on the other hand, spent around 30 minutes in the room with the interrogators. Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for housemate

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 13 Jul. 2025.

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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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