cohabiter

Shares living space

A cohabiter is someone who lives with another person, typically in a romantic or sexual relationship without being married.

The term appears in legal and social contexts discussing unmarried couples who share a residence: The lease lists both cohabiters as responsible for rent.

Also spelled cohabitor.

roommate

flatmate

Co-tenant in apartment

tenant · subletter · boarder · renter · sharer · occupant · resident · leaseholder · co-tenant · squatter

partnership

relationship

Connection between entities

unmarried · domestic partner · significant other · common-law · civil union · long-term · monogamy · engagement · pre-marriage · trial marriage

intimacy

closeness

State of proximity

love · passion · tenderness · warmth · trust · chemistry · connection · companionship · togetherness · shared bed

domestic

household

Domestic unit of residents

groceries · cleaning · laundry · budgeting · rent · utilities · decorating · furniture · appliances · maintenance

Opposites
living arrangement

cohabiterloner

One who avoids company

hermit · recluse · bachelor · spinster · solitary

relationship formality

cohabiterspouse

Married partner

husband · wife · celibate · legal spouse · single person

Phrases
Family

cohabit, cohabitation, cohabitant, cohabiting, cohabits

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