What does housemate mean?
Housemate means Someone living in the same house..
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/ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt/ · noun
Someone living in the same house..
‘“Housemate”,’ he repeated, disdainfully. ‘What does this word imply?’ ‘That we are two unpartnered people, sharing the cost of the rent on a house, and are not romantically involved.’
Use housemate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Housemate means Someone living in the same house..
Common synonyms include flatmate, roommate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘“Housemate”,’ he repeated, disdainfully. ‘What does this word imply?’ ‘That we are two unpartnered people, sharing the cost of the rent on a house, and are not romantically involved.’
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