<![CDATA[Housemate]]>One who dwells in the same house with another. R. Browning.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/24843/housemateRSS for NodeFri, 12 Jun 2026 22:47:04 GMTWed, 22 Mar 2017 03:11:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Housemate on Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:25:06 GMT]]>someone you live with in a house but are not related to and do not have a romantic or sexual relationship with

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/410108https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/410108Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:25:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Housemate on Tue, 16 Nov 2021 05:34:03 GMT]]>to have sex with a person who participates in community living.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/62703https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/62703Tue, 16 Nov 2021 05:34:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Housemate on Tue, 28 Mar 2017 06:03:27 GMT]]>This term, commonly used by college-age students, is someone you share a house with (or, less commonly, an apartment).

These people were, to my knowledge, formerly known as roommates, in virtually all contexts.

Housemate seems to be merely one of the many trendy terms being tossed around these days.

Here are possible reasons for this word's existence:

A) Perhaps it's supposed to have less of the negative stigma that the word [roommate] seems to carry with it.

B) Also possible is that roommate implies a closer relationship/friendship than simply housemate.

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