flatmate

chiefly British

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Recent Examples of flatmate Nor is there any depth whatsoever to a host of support characters played by attractive actors who don’t get to do a lot of acting here, perhaps excepting an alternately lively and too-strenuous Ayden Cross as Shaw’s flatmate Ella. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025 The show, which launched in 2022 after a run at the famous Scottish arts festival, stars Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing as unlikely flatmates, who are thrown together in their first year at Brent University. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025 On the night Clint died, Kat's friend and Josh's flatmate Aqua (Mary Malone) had seen Clint and Parker embracing on the street, prompting a panicked Clint to call Stagger to get Aqua's address and then follow her home. Megan McCluskey, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025 Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the hyper-observant Sherlock Holmes, who teams up with his flatmate, Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman), to solve particularly challenging cases and face classic foes like Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott in a breakout role), all while bickering with each other. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for flatmate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatmate
Noun
  • Are roomies Santos and Whitaker about to kill each other?
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
  • When a sketchy new landlord (Eric Bogosian) acquires 123 Sesame Street, roomies Safdie and Bert face a choice between a steep rent hike and eviction.
    David Kamp, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The three woman lived in the Moscow home with two female roommates who went physically unharmed in the attack, while Chapin was Kernodle’s boyfriend and stayed over for the night.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 June 2025
  • Two more roommates at the 1122 King Road residence, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, were home and unharmed.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 12 June 2025

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“Flatmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatmate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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