rooming

Lodging with others

Rooming is the present participle of room, meaning to lodge or share living quarters: She's rooming with two other students.

A rooming house is a building where rooms are rented out, typically with shared facilities—a step below a proper apartment.

shared

housemates

People sharing a dwelling

communal · cohabitation · co-living · tenants · sublet · cooperative · arrangement · compatible · stranger · assignment

accommodation

lodging

Temporary place to stay

  • hotelCommercial lodging establishment
  • hostelShared traveler lodging
  • innLodging for wayfarers

guesthouse · bed-and-breakfast · boarding · motel · suite · reservation · booking · vacancy · occupancy · check-in

space

quarters

Assigned living accommodations

  • chamberEnclosed room or cavity
  • studioCreative professional's workspace
  • suiteConnected hotel rooms

den · loft · attic · basement · spare · master · nursery · dormitory · cubicle · cell

Opposites
housing tenure/ownership

roomingowning

Being in possession

proprietorship · homeownership · homeowning · landowning · mortgaging

housing arrangement type

roomingliving alone

Residing without cohabitants

independent living · private residence · householding · hosting

housing stability

roominghomelessness

Lacking permanent residence

vagrancy · squatting

Phrases
Family

rooming house

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