Definition of COHABIT

cohabit

Verb

Verb Forms: cohabited, cohabiting, cohabits

  • To live together and have a sexual relationship without being married.
  • share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
  • To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.
  • To coexist in common environs with.
  • To have sex; see coition.
  • To cooperate with an opposing political party.

Examples

  • The tiles seemed to COHABIT perfectly on his rack, just waiting for the right word.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin cohabitō; co- + habitō (“I dwell, I live in”).

Synonyms

live together, shack up, cohabitate, copulate, fornicate, have sex, make love

Scrabble Score: 14

cohabit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cohabit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cohabit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

cohabit: valid Words With Friends Word