crewmate

noun

crew·​mate ˈkrü-ˌmāt 

: a fellow crewman

Examples of crewmate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Monday, the day before launch, Menon and his two Russian crewmates held a final, ceremonial meeting with well-wishers at the Cosmonaut Hotel. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

Isaacman also met with Roscosmos head Dmitry Bakanov before the launch of NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Russian crewmates Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina. — ABC News, 14 July 2026

Menon and his crewmates will launch July 14 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from Kazakhstan. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 July 2026

Wiseman was joined by his Artemis II crewmates, NASA astronauts Victory Glover and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen (who recently announced his retirement). — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above