noun · informal
housemate
/ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt/HOUSE·mate
A person with whom one shares a house; someone who lives in the same house as you but not necessarily the same room.
Examples
“My housemate pays the rent on time every month.”
“I prefer to live with respectful housemates.”
“They’re not related; they’re just housemates from university.”
Band 8 sentence
“Living with considerate housemates made the final year at university far less stressful.”
Collocations
- get along with your housemate
- share expenses with housemates
Word family
Common mistakes
I live with my house mate.→I live with my housemate. / I have a housemate.
He is my roommate but we don't share room.→He's my housemate but we don't share a room.
Say it for a higher band
5friend I live with→6roommate→7+housemate
Synonyms
roommate
flatmate
Easily confused
roommate
“I asked my roommate to be quiet because we both had exams.”
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