roommates

noun

variants also roomies
plural of roommate
1
as in housemates

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as in flatmates

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Recent Examples of roommates Kaylee Goncalves also felt as though she was being watched and stalked in the weeks before she was murdered alongside two of her roommates and one roommate's boyfriend. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommates
  1. classmates
  2. teammates
  3. colleagues
  4. coworkers
  5. associates
  6. partners
Noun
  • Alison Linder, assistant sustainability coordinator at Occidental College, which has a thrift store of its own with Halloween costumes in stock, encouraged people to organize their own swaps with neighbors, friends or school classmates.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • On Saturday nights after performing at the opera, all 25 ballet classmates would end up back at a friend’s house for a sleepover.
    — Remy Rippon, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of classmates
Noun
  • His hands hovered waist high, eyes watching the downturning arcs of his teammates’ shots, waiting for a pass that never came.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The fact that Haslem became a mentor for Adebayo and developed a close friendship with him during their six seasons as Heat teammates will make the moment especially meaningful.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of teammates
Noun
  • Using layer-by-layer atomic deposition, professors Seongshik Oh, Hee Taek Yi, and their colleagues created flawless crystalline films just 40 nanometers thick—roughly a thousand times thinner than a human hair.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Raman’s colleagues on the City Council have trashed her like bullies out of a boarding school novel.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • The coworkers quickly became close friends, and soon, a romance blossomed.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Dozens of Irvine's coworkers lined up outside the courthouse as Romero walked into court, alongside his own security.
    — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of coworkers
Noun
  • But if firms lean on AI to cut lower-level work, the risk is destroying the very avenue of apprenticeship that produces future senior associates and managers.
    — Tim Brackney, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • More recently, a ProPublica investigation revealed that the FBI had scrutinized dealings between Collins, her associates, and a major donor who ran a defense-contracting firm.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • Industry partners could eventually manufacture and distribute the device under licensing arrangements.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The long running legal battle centers on allegations that the league and its 32 teams conspired in violation of antitrust laws to allow the NFL to reach exclusive deals with broadcast partners for the right to air out-of-market games.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of partners

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“Roommates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommates. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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