dormmate

Shared room occupant

A dormmate is someone who lives in the same dormitory, typically a college residence hall.

The term can mean either a roommate sharing the same room or more loosely anyone residing in the same building: I ran into my dormmate in the hallway.

Also spelled dorm mate.

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hallmate

Neighbor in same corridor

junior · senior · undergraduate · university · campus · residence · orientation · RA · housing · coed

companionship

friendship

Bond of mutual affection

pal · peer · bonding · memories · support · trust · compatibility · conflict · compromise · respect

cohabitation

bunkbed

Vertically stacked sleeping frames

bookshelf · posters · desk · snoring · earplugs · messiness · visitors · privacy · curfew · homesickness

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Opposites
residential arrangement

dormmatecommuter

One who travels regularly

commuter student · day student · non-resident · apartment dweller · townie

social proximity in living space

dormmatestranger

Person not yet known

outsider · loner · isolate · solitary · acquaintance

Family

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Familiarity
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