roommates

noun

variants also roomies
plural of roommate
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as in housemates

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as in flatmates

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Recent Examples of roommates Kaylee Goncalves also felt as though she was being watched and stalked in the weeks before she was murdered alongside two of her roommates and one roommate's boyfriend. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommates
  1. classmates
  2. teammates
  3. colleagues
  4. coworkers
  5. associates
  6. partners
Noun
  • 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
  • Thankfully, her parents were safe – but many of her former neighbors and classmates are missing.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of classmates
Noun
  • Patrice Bergeron, Ray Bourque, Marián Hossa, Jaromír Jágr and David Pastrňák all traveled to play in the game, as well as many of his teammates from the Bruins’ 2011 Stanley Cup team.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • After a month of ramming his 6-foot-7, 325-pound frame into his Kansas football teammates during practices at preseason camp, Kansas redshirt junior offensive tackle Calvin Clements is ready to hit somebody, anybody, wearing an opponent’s jersey.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of teammates
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
  • In 2023, Tinsley and colleagues at Texas Tech published another study examining EHP Labs’ ready-to-drink thermogenic beverage, OxyShred Ultra Energy.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • Learn from experienced coworkers, understand how your work impacts other departments and expand your skills.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of coworkers
Noun
  • Beck didn’t participate in the book, but Riesman finds enough friends, family and associates to assemble a complex portrait of an artist who wants his audiences to see him as fashion-forward but has had a hard time shaking his past.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • John Giusti, a chiropractor with an independent practice outside Dallas and Forth Worth, was found dead on Monday, friends and business associates said on social media.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • Philanthropy takes center stage Organizers vowed to work with nonprofit partners to put the grants toward their most urgent and underresourced needs.
    — James Pollard, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • People who work with the investor credit his business acumen, low-key demeanor and daunting work ethic, qualities that have attracted partners, founders and mentors alike — including Iger.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of partners

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

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