live-in partners
Unmarried home sharers
Live-in partners are people in a romantic relationship who share a residence without being married.
The term is neutral and administrative, often appearing on forms and in legal contexts: The policy covers employees and their live-in partners.
It sidesteps assumptions about the couple's intentions regarding marriage.
- cohabitingSharing a residence unmarried
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- domesticOf the home
- significant otherRomantic life partner
- common-lawLegal status through custom
trial marriage · couples · boyfriend · girlfriend · plus one · meeting the parents · sharing · intimacy · lease · commitment · move in together · splitting · bills · joint account · toothbrush · drawer · closet · playing house
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, married couple, occupants
- extended householdgrandparents, in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins
- roommatesroommates, housemate, housemates, flatmate, flatmates
live-in partnersmarried couple
Two joined in matrimony
spouses · husband and wife · civil partners · newlyweds · betrothed
live, partner, living, lived, lives, lively, livelihood, alive, outlive