cohabiting
Sharing a home
Cohabiting means living together in the same residence, typically referring to an unmarried couple sharing a home as romantic partners.
The term carries a slight formality, often appearing in legal or demographic contexts: cohabiting couples, They've been cohabiting for three years.
It can also simply mean sharing living quarters without romantic implication, though this use is less common.
One who shares activity
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- common-lawLegal status through custom
- coupleTwo linked together
- relationshipConnection between entities
intimacy · togetherness · commitment · long-term · companionship · live-in · love · bond
Domestic unit of residents
- roommateOne sharing living quarters
- flatmateCo-tenant in apartment
- housemateCo-resident in shared home
- tenantOne who rents property
lodger · residence · home · dwelling · lease · tenancy · occupancy · house-share
Money spent on things
- groceriesFood bought at stores
- furnitureMovable room objects
- bathroomRoom for hygiene
- kitchenFood preparation room
bills · schedule · compromise · boundaries · privacy · division · responsibilities · storage
Shared-living community
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- collectiveJointly organized group
- co-housingIntentional shared-facility neighborhood
- kibbutzIsraeli communal farm
ashram · multigenerational · companionship · housemates · coexistence · community
partner
One who shares activity
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- common-lawLegal status through custom
- coupleTwo linked together
relationship · intimacy · togetherness · commitment · long-term · companionship · live-in · love · bond · nonmarital
household
Domestic unit of residents
- roommateOne sharing living quarters
- flatmateCo-tenant in apartment
- housemateCo-resident in shared home
tenant · lodger · residence · home · dwelling · lease · tenancy · occupancy · house-share · co-tenant
expenses
Money spent on things
bills · kitchen · schedule · compromise · boundaries · privacy · division · responsibilities · storage · parking
commune
Shared-living community
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- collectiveJointly organized group
- co-housingIntentional shared-facility neighborhood
kibbutz · ashram · multigenerational · companionship · housemates · coexistence · community
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, married couple, occupants
- relationship statussingle, married, divorced, engaged, separated
- cohabitationliving together, live-in partner, domestic partnership, domestic partner, unmarried couple
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- daily livingbathing, cleaning, eating, cooking, dressing
- home activitiescleaning, cooking, sleeping, bathing, eating
cohabitingliving alone
Residing without cohabitants
living apart · single occupancy · separated · long-distance · estranged
- cohabiting coupleUnwed pair sharing residence
habit, habitat, habitual, inhabitant, inhabit, habitation, cohabit, cohabitation, inhabitation