cohabitant

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noun

A person who cohabits with another

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Meanings

nouncohabitant (plural cohabitants)

plural cohabitants

  1. A person who cohabits with another

    Even the discoveries, in the past several decades, that cats carry a parasite that could contribute to schizophrenia, and that outdoor cats wreak ecological disaster, haven’t budged a curiously imbalanced relationship with this furry companion—or maybe cohabitant is more accurate.

    2016 November 13, Britt Peterson, “The Case Against Cats”, in The Atlantic

    Synonyms: cohabitee, cohabiter, cohabitor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who cohabits with another

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cohabiteecohabitercohabitor
Also see
cohabiteecohabitercohabitorcoinhabitantconcubine

Translations

Catalan cohabitant
  • cohabitantperson who cohabits with another
Danish samlever, sambo
  • samleverperson who cohabits with another
  • samboperson who cohabits with another
Dutch medebewoner
  • medebewonerperson who cohabits with another
Esperanto kunvivanto
  • kunvivantoperson who cohabits with another
Finnish avopuoliso
  • avopuolisoperson who cohabits with another
French cohabitant
  • cohabitantperson who cohabits with another
Greek συγκάτοικος
  • συγκάτοικος (sygkátoikos)person who cohabits with another
Hindi सहवासी
  • सहवासी (sahvāsī)person who cohabits with another
Norwegian Bokmål samboer, sambuer
  • samboerperson who cohabits with another
  • sambuerperson who cohabits with another
Polish konkubent, konkubentka
  • konkubentperson who cohabits with another
  • konkubentkaperson who cohabits with another
  • konkubinperson who cohabits with another
  • konkubinaperson who cohabits with another
  • nieślubnyperson who cohabits with another
  • nieślubnaperson who cohabits with another
Russian сожи́тель, сожи́тельница
  • сожи́тель (sožítelʹ)person who cohabits with another
  • сожи́тельница (sožítelʹnica)person who cohabits with another
Swedish sambo
  • samboperson who cohabits with another
Ukrainian співме́шканець, співме́шканка
  • співме́шканець (spivméškanecʹ)person who cohabits with another
  • співме́шканка (spivméškanka)person who cohabits with another
Welsh cydbreswylydd
  • cydbreswylyddperson who cohabits with another
Cite this entry
APA

cohabitant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohabitant

MLA

“cohabitant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohabitant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cohabitant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohabitant.

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