roommate

noun

variants also roomie
Definition of roommatenext
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as in housemate

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as in flatmate

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Recent Examples of roommate Graf ruled earlier this week that a former roommate of Robinson's will not have to testify in person during the preliminary hearing, which will be open to the public. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 June 2026 Ruddell was the roommate of drummer Strmic and had seen Castle Rat early on in a tiny Brooklyn club in front of about 80 people. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026 Kylie Feuerbach, a former starting guard at Iowa who was Clark’s roommate for three seasons, signed a multi-year agreement to promote the Chicago White Sox. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 June 2026 In 1983, Zilinskas left the band and was replaced by Michael (Micki) Steele, Vicki's roommate who was formerly of The Runaways. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for roommate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
  1. housemate
  2. flatmate
  3. classmate
  4. subtenant
  5. teammate
  6. playmate
  7. shipmate
  8. schoolmate
Noun
  • The season also introduced Garrett's teammates and housemates, John Logan (Antonio Cipriano), John Tucker (Jalen Thomas Brooks) and Dean DiLaurentis (Stephen Kalyn), as well as Hannah's best friend Allie (Mika Abdalla).
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • What differentiates misophonia from simply wanting to snatch that bag of chips away from your crunching housemate?
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 9 June 2026
Definition of housemate
Noun
  • The flatmate had been very kind.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of flatmate
Noun
  • His faith becomes tested by his burgeoning relationship with Lilith (Skye Alyssa Friedman), a classmate who takes every opportunity to thumb her nose at the confines of religion.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 July 2026
  • My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.
    — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
Definition of classmate
Noun
  • That’s because Rhapsody was a subtenant of Giordano’s, the national pizza chain that closed in 2022 after less than a year in the space.
    — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The plaintiffs alleged that MTS’s manager of real estate assets and MTS’s property manager for the warehouse were both aware that San Diego Sports Entertainment Center and its subtenants were operating without proper building or occupancy permits.
    — Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of subtenant
Noun
  • Dodgers pitcher Jack Dreyer pitched a scoreless first inning before his teammate Charlie Barnes stepped and struggled to contain the A’s.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Koné, 24, could be seen hobbling onto the field on his good leg to celebrate with his teammates after Stephen Eustáquio scored a game-winning shot in extra time.
    — Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of teammate
Noun
  • Trading McTavish netted the Ducks another $7 million to play with, and now there are indications that a worthy playmate may be headed to the trade market.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 28 June 2026
  • The pandemic a handful of years ago put parents and children in the same space for extended periods, with moms and dads taking on even more concentrated roles of teacher, coach, and playmate, Price-Glynn says, evermore raising the need to talk about things like parental burnout and respite.
    — Kimberly Phillips, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
Definition of playmate
Noun
  • There was still no news about their captain and shipmate.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Zumba, a Navy reservist who earlier was a shipmate of Urena on the destroyer USS Carney, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge.
    — Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of shipmate
Noun
  • Her schoolmate, Curtis Mehlberg, follows her, and both are able to enter that magical world.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
  • The two were friends and schoolmates who were wrapping up high school studies when they were approached by Oakey.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 28 May 2026
Definition of schoolmate

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