roommate
noun
a person who is assigned to share or shares a room or apartment with another or others.
roommates
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pluralof roommate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A company later acquired the home but also didn’t make repairs, pushing Raj and her roommates out.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
A few times she moved to live with roommates to bring down the cost of renting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen reminisced about working two jobs, living with roommates and eating ramen after college.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
He and his roommates would use up to six stove burners at a time to prepare meals together, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
“We have five cohorts of about forty kids each. Each cohort is divided into barracks of ten—like roommates, kind of.”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
