roommate
IPA: rˈumeɪt
noun
- A person with whom one shares a room, as at university, etc.
- (US, Australia, Canada) A person sharing the same home (but generally not a family member or spouse).
- (LGBT slang, humorous, ironic) A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.
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Examples of "roommate" in Sentences
- The roommate is confused and scared.
- His roommate during the tour was Ernie Toshack.
- Simon is Lewis's best friend and roommate at Oxford.
- I threw a party with my roommate and invited others.
- Greg goes to his dorm and meets his new roommate, Frog.
- In the pilot only, the third roommate was played by Rashida Jones.
- The band coalesced when the three members were roommates in Olympia.
- Georgina appears in the third season of the show as Blair's roommate.
- Also improvised was the scene in which the roommates run from the cops.
- I never had my roommate vote in the poll or weigh in on the discussion.