Thesaurus results for COHORT

cohort

noun

ˈkō-ˌhȯrt

Definition of cohort

as in associate

a person frequently seen in the company of another if you're trying to give up drinking, your cohorts shouldn't be confirmed party animals

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

as in accomplice

one associated with another in wrongdoing she and her cohorts were arrested for shoplifting

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of cohort The first cohort will serve 700 CUNY students, out of some 54,000 students believed to meet eligibility criteria and 28,500 students who filled out interest forms, according to a Council news release. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 Gen Z versus millennials The BofA analysis found that older millennials spent the most on hobbies in the three months to August, spending more than double per consumer than Gen Z, the cohort BofA identified as spending the least. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026 When Alessandro Michele became Gucci’s creative director in 2016, Leung and her cohort in the earliest generation of bloggers and influencers started attending the shows. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026 Diego Hernandez, a senior, entered the cohort with hundreds of hours of construction experience at a family business. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cohort

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohort

Noun

Or Syria, where the government is now led by al-Qaeda associates.

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Due to changing storm patterns, the kelp forests are also battered by more damaging winter swells, according to Scripps associate researcher Ed Parnell.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of associate

Noun

All a novelist can do when representing Bush Two’s accomplices is to embody plausible ideologies in specific fictional characters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
So when a charming stranger and his accomplice arrive with an offer, Boyd makes a high-stakes deal for himself and his team.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplice

Noun

The Ratepayer Protection Act, meant to prevent data centers from raising electricity prices, enjoyed sweeping support in the House from all but three Democrats while all but four of their colleagues in the Senate opposed it.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Back in 2009, this was a task that quite literally took a village of 30 people — including me — working together to interpret the whole genome sequence of a colleague, friend, and fellow scientist named Stephen Quake.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of colleague

Noun

The older cardinal looked down toward a group of their peers at the front of the room.

— Scott Detrow, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
For all the rock in their sound, Dexter and the Moonrocks still live in Texas, playing shows in the Texas country market, and earning the respect of their peers in that scene along the way.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of peer

Noun

This month’s Special Crossword, authored by the Diverse Crossword fellow Kate Jensen, brings Dylan’s many iterations to the grid.

— Atoosa Moinzadeh, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Investigators are still trying to establish what drove the unidentified Omani suspect to launch an attack on his fellow pilot.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of fellow

Noun

That threat is precisely why many of our friends and former colleagues in Washington have recently proposed sweeping measures meant to slow China’s biotech progress.

— Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Here, a very dear, longtime local friend officiated the service with just a few attendees which included a blacktip reef shark and a colony of marine iguanas.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of friend

Noun

In the sequel series, John and his thunder-buddy Ted are neighbors, both with families of their own and dead-end jobs.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
One of his buddies needed insulin and waited up to four hours each day in the medical area to receive his necessary shots.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of buddy

Browse Nearby Words

cohesiveness

cohort

cohorts

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Cohort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohort. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of cohort

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Podcast

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

discreet

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Popular in Wordplay

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

Games & Quizzes