living apart
Dwelling in separation
Living apart describes people in a relationship who maintain separate residences rather than sharing a home.
The phrase typically applies to couples—married or otherwise—who choose or are forced by circumstances to live in different places: They've been living apart since he took the job in Seattle.
Sometimes the arrangement is by choice, sometimes a prelude to divorce.
- separatedPut or kept apart
- trial separationTemporary marital distance
- distantFar away or aloof
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
long distance relationship · breakup · loneliness · solitude · independence · space · custody · long-distance · video calls · solo · single · isolation · absence · empty nest · farewell · moving · packing · empty
- separationseparate, sieving, straining, divide, filtration
living apartliving together
Sharing a dwelling
cohabiting · cohabitating · shacking up · roommates · housemates
living aparttogether
In union or proximity
domestic partnership · united · joined · inseparable · playing house
living, apart, live, lively, livelihood, outlive, relive, part, parts