ROOMING Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

rooming

verb

present participle of room

as in housing

to provide with living quarters or shelter we can room up to four visitors in our two guest bedrooms

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Recent Examples of rooming Through the course of rooming together in dorms at rookie minicamp, doing community service work, taking group trips to Braves games and, of course, navigating practices, the Falcons’ rookie class formed a tight bond. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 July 2026 The couple takes in a boarder, Herald Loomis, whose search for his missing wife draws the house into a reckoning with forces — both human and supernatural — that haunt everyone who is rooming there. — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026 The dispute — fueled by Fleming’s claims about Slusser’s health and academics and Slusser’s allegations about playing and rooming with a biological male — has triggered lawsuits and intense national scrutiny on the program. — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025 Larry Bradley played outside linebacker for UC Davis from 1978-81, rooming with Ken O’Brien. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 14 Dec. 2025 The story of the two stars rooming together made headlines back in 2013 when the reality star appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025 Koster notched six points for the Heartlanders in seven playoff games while rooming with former Gophers teammate Jonny Sorenson. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025

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Verb

During a press event on the Paramount lot Tuesday, hours after the merger had closed, Skydance CEO David Ellison revealed that the two lots, each historically and currently housing both film and TV, would be organized differently.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
Amid speculation that Drexel plans to sell the 150-year-old building housing the Academy, Philadelphia's city council proposed altering local zoning overlays in order to make selling the building or converting it to other uses more difficult.

— Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of housing

Verb

Service in the restaurants is top notch with knowledgeable and accommodating staff.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
The Gulf is entering a costly new era of accommodating Iran, regardless of whether Tehran and Washington break their stalemate.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of accommodating

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Video first obtained by ABC News shows Coast Guard agents equipped in tactical gear boarding the ship, guns drawn, while a separate Coast Guard boat goes alongside of it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
After that, visitors file out and gain even more virtual altitude, boarding a dirigible that skims an ancient version of the skyline.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of boarding

Verb

While Samir’s parents are away, the friends are bunking together and navigating their twentysomething lives in his childhood home in Queens, New York.

— Mya Copeland, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Collins is bunking in a 10-bedroom villa with a view of the ocean that is renting for approximately $12 thousand a day with a private chef and full staff.

— Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026