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roommates

roommates is the plural 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 roommates

What is roommates the plural of?
Roommates is the plural of roommate.

Words near roommates in the dictionary

  1. roommate
  2. roommatehood
  3. roommateless
  4. roommately
  5. roommateness
  6. roommates
  7. roommateship
  8. rooms
  9. rooms by the hour
  10. rooms for doubt
  11. rooms in

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