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roomate

roomate is the misspelling of roommate.

Meaning of roommate

Noun

roommate (plural roommates)

  1. A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
    Synonyms:
    chambermate
  2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, US) A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse).
    • I live with Marsha. We’re roommates.2016, “Learning English (public domain)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 18 Sep 2017
    Synonyms:
    roomie, sharemate
  3. (humorous, ironic, LGBTQ slang) A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.

Questions about roomate

What is roomate the misspelling of?
Roomate is the misspelling of roommate.

Words near roomate in the dictionary

  1. room-temperature IQ
  2. room-temperature IQs
  3. roomage
  4. roomal
  5. roomals
  6. roomate
  7. roomaul
  8. roomauls
  9. roomba
  10. roombas
  11. roome

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