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housemates

housemates is the plural of housemate.

Meaning of housemate

Noun

housemate (plural housemates)

  1. Someone living in the same house.
    • ‘“Housemate”,’ he repeated, disdainfully. ‘What does this word imply?’
      ‘That we are two unpartnered people, sharing the cost of the rent on a house, and are not romantically involved.’2024, Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time, Sceptre, page 12
    Synonyms:
    flatmate, roommate

Questions about housemates

What is housemates the plural of?
Housemates is the plural of housemate.

Words near housemates in the dictionary

  1. housemaster
  2. housemasters
  3. housemastership
  4. housemasterships
  5. housemate
  6. housemates
  7. housemen
  8. houseminder
  9. houseminders
  10. housemistress
  11. housemistresses

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