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Housemate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One who shares a house with another.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Someone living in the same house.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who dwells in the same house with another.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who lives in the same house with another; a household companion.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. someone who resides in the same house with you

Word Usage

"I went to many evenings in houses where the students living there would choose their new housemate from the candidates, I remember I once even went to three of those gatherings in one evening."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

occupier resident occupant

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

flatmate roommate

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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