Explore Roommate through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like roomie or roomy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Roommate meaning
- A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.
- A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse).
- A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.
Using Roommate
- The main meaning on this page is: A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment. | A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse). | A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship.
- Useful related words include: roomie, roomy, friend.
- In the example corpus, roommate often appears in combinations such as: his roommate, her roommate, roommate and.
Context around Roommate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Roommate
- In this selection, "roommate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, worst, new, reader, ever, appeared and told stand out and add context to how "roommate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a friendly roommate and a new roommate moved in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "roommate" sits close to words such as addicted, capt and challengers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with roommate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A lot of my roommate’s things, actually. (8 words)
He ended up getting my roommate to help him remove me. (11 words)
Alin explained: 'My roommate thought it wouldn't work but it did. (12 words)
Hanna said she grabbed a White Claw from the fridge she shares with a roommate under the impression it was a regular fruity seltzer - drinking it over the course of the day before driving kids home from Smithtown High School West that afternoon. (43 words)
Cano's roommate told NBC New York that Cano left their apartment, which is located a block from the park, for a jog around 5:30 a.m. The roommate said Cano worked as a nanny. (36 words)
As Kobayashi finds it difficult to get along with her new roommate, she finds herself taking in an increasing number of dragons, each with a unique personality and set of peculiarities. (31 words)
Do you have anything that you've done that may be considered surprising, strange, or simply non-ideal roommate behavior? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
Just finished both seasons of Worst Roommate Ever, and every single "worst roommate" was a narcissistic personality type, and some psychopathic.
Taylor had a roommate who was not home much while the girl was missing, said Snellgrove, adding the roommate appeared to know nothing about the abduction.
Cano's roommate told NBC New York that Cano left their apartment, which is located a block from the park, for a jog around 5:30 a.m. The roommate said Cano worked as a nanny.
Well, reader, roommate quarrels can be tricky, but my roommate and I have found what we believe to be an effective way to solve all our conflicts.
After his roommate Nick goes missing, Slevin is kidnapped – not once, but twice – by different factions of New York City's criminal underworld after being mistaken for Nick.
Alin explained: 'My roommate thought it wouldn't work but it did.
A lot of my roommate’s things, actually.
A man police say was the victim’s roommate at the motel for at least a month was later charged in the killing.
And one week, her roommate invited a hometown friend to visit their school.
Approximately 20 minutes later the defendant called 911 to report his roommate had been hurt but hung up the call before any identifying information could be obtained.
Around that time, a new roommate moved in with Monica, which is how Chandler met Phoebe.
As Kobayashi finds it difficult to get along with her new roommate, she finds herself taking in an increasing number of dragons, each with a unique personality and set of peculiarities.
At the same time, his roommate, Jack, emerged from the hallway and offered her a beer.
Bone instead continued living in the house with Ma’s decomposing body and allegedly took advantage of his dead roommate’s finances.
But, a few days into his stay, a bed opened up in a sunlit room with a large window, a view of the East River, and a friendly roommate.
Dom said he was in the top bunk when his roommate spoke about pounding a hole in his face.
Do you have anything that you've done that may be considered surprising, strange, or simply non-ideal roommate behavior?
Dylan Mortensen (left) saw a black-clad figure in her home on the night of the massacre that left roommate Kaylee Goncalves (right) and three others dead.
Hanna said she grabbed a White Claw from the fridge she shares with a roommate under the impression it was a regular fruity seltzer - drinking it over the course of the day before driving kids home from Smithtown High School West that afternoon.
He ended up getting my roommate to help him remove me.
Common combinations with roommate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his roommate 25×
- her roommate 22×
- roommate and 19×
- my roommate 19×
- the roommate 13×
- roommate who 10×
- former roommate 9×
- roommate to 8×
- college roommate 8×
- new roommate 7×