: 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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Win McNamee / Getty Images According to court documents, the housemates had been arguing over parties the Jewish student hosted.—Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 10 July 2025 Before immediately snapping, sighing loudly, or muttering a passive-aggressive comment, try pausing to consider what else might be going on first: Maybe your barista’s slammed with 10 other complicated orders, for instance, or your housemate had a brutal week at work.—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 17 June 2025 Jesse and Lexi’s relationship drama shifts to include another housemate.—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 21 May 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for housemate
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