: one of two or more persons sharing the same room or living quarters
called also roomie
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Some of you may end up moving, making a roommate change or deciding to switch up their living space.
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
An all-too-common dispute between roommates turned deadly when a man suspected his privacy had been violated in a Nashville home, according to police in Tennessee.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Diddy is apparently a wonderful roommate, according to Sam Bankman-Fried.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The text messages begin around 4:22 a.m. with Mortensen expressing concern to Funke over noises heard in the house and that one of their roommates, who’d recently returned from a night out, couldn’t be reached.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Skyler Caruso, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
An all-too-common dispute between roommates turned deadly when a man suspected his privacy had been violated in a Nashville home, according to police in Tennessee.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Diddy is apparently a wonderful roommate, according to Sam Bankman-Fried.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The text messages begin around 4:22 a.m. with Mortensen expressing concern to Funke over noises heard in the house and that one of their roommates, who’d recently returned from a night out, couldn’t be reached.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roommate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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roommate
noun
room·mate
ˈrüm-ˌmāt 
ˈru̇m-
: one of two or more persons sharing a room or dwelling
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