What is another word for Cohabiting?

Pronunciation: [kə͡ʊhˈabɪtɪŋ] (IPA)

Cohabiting is a term used to refer to individuals living together in a romantic relationship without being married. There are several synonyms for cohabiting, including cohabitation, shacking up, living together, common-law marriage, domestic partnership, and civil union. Cohabitation has become increasingly popular in modern society, with many couples opting to live together before tying the knot or choosing not to marry at all. While cohabiting often carries a negative connotation outside of legal marriage, it can provide couples with a meaningful and committed relationship without the legalities and societal expectations of marriage. Whatever term is used, the important thing is that it reflects the understanding and commitment of the couple involved.

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  • Independent

    • Verb, gerund or present participle
      living, iiving.
  • Other Related

    • Adjective
      co-habitation.

What are the hypernyms for Cohabiting?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    living together, domestic partnership, living as a couple, living in a relationship.

Usage examples for Cohabiting

Perhaps Madam Corey's expressions of thoughts and emotions were sometimes prompted, and at other times modified by an unseen intelligence temporarily Cohabiting with her own.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam
This assumed process of absorption will, no doubt, entail the presence of a certain, even a large, number of coloured people for many generations to come, but this number will grow smaller, and not greater, as time goes on because there is no reason to doubt that the white women of South Africa, as a whole, will refrain in the future as they have refrained in the past from Cohabiting with black men, so that the observed tendency towards the diffusion of the coloured element back into the parent streams will be allowed to continue.
"The Black Man's Place in South Africa"
Peter Nielsen
There was famine in 1698. Any person receiving relief from any parish and his family members Cohabiting with him was required to wear a badge with a "P" which identified his parish.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly

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