shacked up
Sharing a place
Shacked up means living together as a couple without being married.
The phrase carries a casual or slightly disapproving tone, suggesting an informal arrangement: They've been shacked up for two years now.
To shack up with someone is to move in together, often quickly or without much planning: She shacked up with her boyfriend right after college.
- live-inResiding at work
- living in sinUnmarried romantic cohabitation
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
- togetherIn union or proximity
live together · settled down · cabined · domestic · relationship · stigma · love nest · playing house · partnership · common-law · common law marriage · trial marriage · sin · moved in · unconventional · conjugal · couple · companionship
shacked upsingle
One in number
unattached · alone · unpartnered · bachelor · on the market
shacked upmarried
Joined in matrimony
wedded · hitched · betrothed · tied the knot · lawfully wedded
shacked upliving alone
Residing without cohabitants
living apart · independent · on one's own · long-distance · solo