housemate
housemate — noun
- housematesingular
- housematesplural
1. a person sharing your home and the rent or bills who is neither a relative nor a
a person sharing your home and the rent or bills who is neither a relative nor a romantic partner — usually each person has their own bedroom inside the property.
Kenji has three housemates who all work at the same hospital.
[possessive] + housemate(s) showing how many people share the house
My new housemate left a friendly note about the kitchen rota on the fridge.
common collocation: kitchen rota / cleaning rota with housemates
Eleni and Hugo were housemates for two years before they moved to different cities.
Ritu argued with one of her housemates about the unpaid electricity bill again.
The college helps new students find housemates through an online noticeboard.
- flatmate
British English; used when the shared home is a flat (apartment) rather than a house
- roommate
American English; can mean someone sharing the whole home, but in British use it strictly means sharing a single bedroom
- co-tenant
formal/legal term used when both people are named on the rental contract
文法句型
[possessive] housemate
be housemates with [person]
用法筆記
Distinguish from 'roommate': a housemate shares a whole house with separate bedrooms, while a roommate (US English) usually shares one bedroom. In British English 'flatmate' is the equivalent for an apartment.