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Roommate

One of twe or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.

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Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Roomy 92% connected

Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Alcove noun · 78% connection

A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a…

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Amber room unknown · 78% connection

A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber w…

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Anteroom noun · 78% connection

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

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Apportionment noun · 78% connection

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each propriet…

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Attic adjective · 78% connection

A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.

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Bedroom noun · 78% connection

A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room.

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Ben adverb · 78% connection

The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment.

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Boudoir noun · 78% connection

A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady…

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Cellar noun · 78% connection

A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

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Chamber noun · 78% connection

A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out o…

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Chum verb · 78% connection

To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college.

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Chummed imp. p. p. · 78% connection

of Chum

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Chumming p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Chum

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Closet noun · 78% connection

A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

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Dispossess verb · 78% connection

To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usuall…

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Divan noun · 78% connection

A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer c…

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Domain noun · 78% connection

Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne.

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Dormitory noun · 78% connection

A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one…

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