cohabits

Lives with another

Cohabits is the third-person singular of cohabit, meaning to live together as a couple without being married: She cohabits with her boyfriend in a small apartment downtown.

The term carries a slightly formal or legal tone—everyday speech more often uses "living together." Cohabit can also mean simply to live in the same space: Three species cohabit the forest canopy.

romantic

partner

One who shares activity

commitment · unmarried · boyfriend · girlfriend · love · affection · companionship · togetherness · pre-marriage · romance

domestic

household

Domestic unit of residents

routine · nesting · bills · groceries · cooking · cleaning · laundry · bathroom · kitchen · lease

shared-space

communal

Shared by a community

mutual · cooperative · housemate · co-tenant · dormitory · cohousing · commune · collective · co-living · lodger

Opposites
relationship formality

cohabitsmarries

Enters into wedlock

weds · separates · divorces · breaks up · splits up

Phrases
Family

cohabit, cohabitation, cohabitant, cohabiting, cohabitants, cohabited, cohabiters

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