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roomer

adv · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • homophone: rumor

1

adv

Meaning 1

At a greater distance; farther off.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

  • 1607, John Harington (translator), Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, London: John Norton and Simon Waterson, Book 41, stanza 17, p. 343, Yet did the master by all meanes assay, To steare out roomer, or to keepe aloofe, Or at the least to strike sailes if they may, As in such danger was for their behoofe.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who rents a room.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: boarder, tenant
  • She took in two roomers to make ends meet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boarder, tenant

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A residence having the specified number of rooms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds

Examples

  • one-roomer
  • four-roomer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a tenant in someone's house

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lodger, boarder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tenant, renter

History

Etymology

From room + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 2).