Simple meaning
What does Roommate mean?
a person you share a room or home with
Dictionary definition
a person who shares a room or home with another person
Example sentences
Roommate in a sentence
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We wrote the word roommate in our vocabulary notebook.
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The reading passage used roommate to describe where people met in the community.
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In class discussion, students compared how roommate can have slightly different meanings in home and public settings.
Synonyms
Words like Roommate
housematePerson sharing a home.
flatmatePerson sharing an apartment in some regions.
co-tenantPerson sharing rented living space.
Antonyms
Opposite words
visitorTemporary guest, not shared resident.
Word family
Roommate word family
Base word
roommate
noun
roommate
Base form.
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Practice 1
What does roommate mean?
ROOMMATE means a person you share a room or home with.
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