ROOMMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roommate mean? 

• ROOMMATE (noun)
  The noun ROOMMATE has 1 sense:

1. an associate who shares a room with you

  Familiarity information: ROOMMATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROOMMATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An associate who shares a room with you

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

roomie; roommate; roomy

Hypernyms ("roommate" is a kind of...):

friend (a person you know well and regard with affection and trust)

 Context examples 

If you need a roommate, the right one will appear late this month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

EXAMPLE(S): family member, roommate, guardian, nursing home attendant

(Associated Biologic Entity Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

They found 39% of people included an apology when asked to write a 'good way of saying no' to a social request, such as being able to meet up or to be roommates again.

(Sometimes You Shouldn't Say Sorry, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

EXAMPLE(S): family member, roommate, nursing home attendant

(Associated Biologic Entity, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

This person might be your spouse or roommate.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I feel you should start to browse spaces if you need to move, and begin to interview roommates if you hope to find someone compatible with you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you need a new roommate, interview candidates at the very top of the month, and be decisive.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For instance, your friend might be your roommate and not be able to pay this month’s rent.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Or it may be that this month, your roommate will suddenly move out, leaving you to pay the entire rent until you find a new roommate which will take time. (Don’t pick one while Mercury is retrograde.)

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

March 20 would be an ideal day to close on a house, rent a summer cottage for vacation, hire the contractors to work on your kitchen, take on a new roommate (after having vetted the person), or buy new furniture or linens.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)