cohabitants
People sharing housing
Cohabitants are people who live together, especially in a romantic or sexual relationship without being married.
The term appears in legal and formal contexts: The lease lists both cohabitants.
It can also refer more broadly to any people sharing living quarters: The cohabitants split utilities evenly.
Co-resident in shared home
- flatmateCo-tenant in apartment
- roommateOne sharing living quarters
- tenantOne who rents property
- lodgerRenting occupant of rooms
boarder · renter · subletter · houseguest · suitemate · bunkmate · occupant · leaseholder
One who shares activity
- spouseMarried partner
- loverRomantic intimate
- companionOne who keeps company
- significant otherRomantic life partner
mate · consort · beloved · sweetheart · live-in partner · domestic partner · common-law · betrothed
Domesticated household companion
- catSmall furry housepet
- dogDomesticated barking mammal
- companion animalDomesticated animal kept for company
- house petTame animal kept indoors
livestock · vermin · pest · wildlife · bird · rodent · insect · symbiont
Person living nearby
- localOf this area
- villagerRural community inhabitant
- townspersonInhabitant of small municipality
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
Connected by blood
- siblingBrother or sister
- parentMother or father
- childPerson before puberty
- grandparentParent once removed
in-law · stepfamily · extended family · dependent · guardian · multigenerational · caregiver · kinfolk
housemate
Co-resident in shared home
lodger · boarder · renter · subletter · houseguest · suitemate · bunkmate · occupant · leaseholder · resident
partner
One who shares activity
significant other · mate · consort · beloved · sweetheart · live-in partner · domestic partner · common-law · betrothed · fiancé
pet
Domesticated household companion
- catSmall furry housepet
- dogDomesticated barking mammal
- companion animalDomesticated animal kept for company
house pet · livestock · vermin · pest · wildlife · bird · rodent · insect · symbiont · parasite
neighbor
Person living nearby
- localOf this area
- villagerRural community inhabitant
- townspersonInhabitant of small municipality
relative
Connected by blood
grandparent · in-law · stepfamily · extended family · dependent · guardian · multigenerational · caregiver · kinfolk
- couplescouple, married couple, married couples, pair, twosome
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, married couple, occupants
- cohabitationliving together, live-in partner, domestic partnership, domestic partner, unmarried couple
- familiesnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, single-parent family