housemate

noun

Definition of housematenext
as in roommate

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Recent Examples of housemate The season also introduced Garrett's teammates and housemates, John Logan (Antonio Cipriano), John Tucker (Jalen Thomas Brooks) and Dean DiLaurentis (Stephen Kalyn), as well as Hannah's best friend Allie (Mika Abdalla). — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 What differentiates misophonia from simply wanting to snatch that bag of chips away from your crunching housemate? — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 9 June 2026 That’s a significant requirement that limits attacks to neighbors, housemates, or people in offices that are adjacent to the speaker. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 June 2026 The chairperson of Queens Community Board 9, Sherry Algredo, traveled to Lakhwinder’s home to offer her condolences for his housemate’s death. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for housemate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housemate
  1. roommate
  2. classmate
  3. playmate
  4. teammate
  5. schoolmate
  6. shipmate
  7. colleague
  8. coworker
Noun
  • The messages were made public in charging documents last year, which also refer to the roommate as Robinson’s romantic partner.
    — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors played another video featuring partially redacted excerpts from law enforcement investigators’ interview with Lance Twiggs, Robinson’s former romantic partner and roommate.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of roommate
Noun
  • Despite Bret’s passionate insistence that his classmate is a serial killer, Croft tells him Robert is a good kid from a good family and sends him back to class.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • On the cool, overcast October day of my matriculation into the university in 2019, my classmates and I walked onto Selwyn College’s Old Court, excited and taking pictures of each other in our traditional robes.
    — Jill Damatac, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of classmate
Noun
  • For kids, anger often shows up when something doesn’t go their way—like when a playmate grabs their toy.
    — Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The former model was the Playboy Playmate was the 2004 playmate of the year.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026
Definition of playmate
Noun
  • Angels star Mike Trout, center, and his teammates were thrilled to learn Stan Kroenke, the billionaire Rams’ owner, agreed to buy the baseball team.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Later in the affidavit, a trainer says the player told him that Fields hit his teammate in the back of the head.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of teammate
Noun
  • The dramatic recipe involves equal parts literary ambition, risk-taking, and chutzpah, with a dash of substance abuse, cooked on the high heat of adolescent lust that brings Tony to Provincetown in pursuit of a schoolmate named Nancy (Emilia Jones).
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her schoolmate, Curtis Mehlberg, follows her, and both are able to enter that magical world.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
Definition of schoolmate
Noun
  • At one point, shipmate Dave Faulkner screamed as he was thrown to the bottom deck.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Other dives have been conducted to inter the remains of Arizona survivors who wanted to rest eternally with their former shipmates.
    — Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Definition of shipmate
Noun
  • Brand fans have spotted the pieces on everyone from colleagues to Hailey Bieber and Taylor Swift, and Dorsey is now an eight-figure business, according to the company.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • My Sun colleagues back at the paper’s Fleet Street office had just discovered that Jagger was planning to reunite with Hall, the glamorous cover girl and catwalk star, in Paris.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of colleague
Noun
  • CEOs have been warning professionals that AI won’t take their jobs—it’ll actually be their tech-savvy coworkers snatching up opportunities.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • But those survivors, who each have harrowing stories of their own, are still searching for answers about their still missing friends, coworkers, and family members.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of coworker

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“Housemate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housemate. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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