plural roomies
US, informal
: roommate
Because most new students are assigned to double rooms, the contract lets roomies examine each other's personal styles and preferences and communicate their likes and dislikes in order to arrive at compromises and thwart problems.—
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Grace, in turn, grouses about his new roomie in a series of video diaries, which will be sent back to Earth.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Parker Lee was a new addition in season 3 as Mac's roomie — and an eventual victim of the campus rapist who attacks female students and shaves their heads.
—Sezin Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
While Kyung-sun had somehow already guessed at her roomie’s illicit affair, she is shocked into sympathy upon learning of her abandonment while pregnant.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Erica spots a helmet that suggests her new roomie is, like her, a pilot.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Parker Lee was a new addition in season 3 as Mac's roomie — and an eventual victim of the campus rapist who attacks female students and shaves their heads.
—Sezin Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
While Kyung-sun had somehow already guessed at her roomie’s illicit affair, she is shocked into sympathy upon learning of her abandonment while pregnant.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Erica spots a helmet that suggests her new roomie is, like her, a pilot.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for roomie
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“Roomie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roomie. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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