cohabiters
Sharing a home
Cohabiters are people who live together, especially as romantic partners without being married.
The term appears in legal, sociological, and religious contexts where the distinction between married and unmarried couples matters: The lease lists both cohabiters as tenants.
Also spelled cohabitors.
Those who occupy space
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- occupantsThose residing somewhere
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- homemakersThose managing domestic affairs
family · housemates · tenants · lodgers · domestics · live-togethers · nesting · multigenerational
State of having company
- togethernessState of close connection
- bondingForming close connections
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
fellowship · solidarity · kinship · interdependence · cooperation · harmony · understanding · compromise
Co-resident in shared home
- flatmateCo-tenant in apartment
- roommateOne sharing living quarters
- roomieCohabitant, slangily
- bunkmateBed-sharing cabin partner
suitemate · dormmate · co-tenant · lodger · boarder · subletter · tenant · sharer
Married partner
- partnerOne who shares activity
- husbandMarried man's role
- wifeFemale marriage partner
- fiancéMan pledged to marry
fiancée · girlfriend · boyfriend · soulmate · beloved · lover · sweetheart · mate
Interspecies biological interdependence
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- commensalismNeutral host, benefiting guest
- parasitismOne benefits, one suffers
- interspeciesBetween different species
ecosystem · interdependence · lichen · coral · host · biofilm · hive
dwellers
Those who occupy space
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
- occupantsThose residing somewhere
- residentsPeople living somewhere
homemakers · family · housemates · tenants · lodgers · domestics · live-togethers · nesting · multigenerational
companionship
State of having company
- togethernessState of close connection
- bondingForming close connections
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
rapport · fellowship · solidarity · kinship · interdependence · cooperation · harmony · understanding · compromise · coordination
housemate
Co-resident in shared home
bunkmate · suitemate · dormmate · co-tenant · lodger · boarder · subletter · tenant · sharer · bedfellow
spouse
Married partner
fiancé · fiancée · girlfriend · boyfriend · soulmate · beloved · lover · sweetheart · mate · consort
symbiosis
Interspecies biological interdependence
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- commensalismNeutral host, benefiting guest
- parasitismOne benefits, one suffers
interspecies · ecosystem · interdependence · lichen · coral · host · biofilm · hive
cohabitersloners
People preferring isolation
hermits · recluses · bachelors · spinsters · empty nesters
cohabitersmarried couples
People joined in matrimony
spouses · newlyweds · husbands and wives · singles · celibates