crewmate

noun

crew·​mate ˈkrü-ˌmāt How to pronounce crewmate (audio)
Synonyms of crewmatenext
: a fellow crewman

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Here's some information about Benthaus and her five crewmates on the upcoming flight, which Blue Origin calls NS-37. Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Dec. 2025 Also on hand to welcome Williams and his crewmates aboard the station: NASA Crew 11 commander Zena Cardman, Michael Fincke, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and cosmonaut Oleg Platonov. William Harwood, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025 Tommy’s son, Cooper (Jacob Lofland, with a face of fine-boned sorrow), spent the first season working M-Tex rigs and enduring disaster after disaster, including the death of his crewmates in a well accident. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2025 Laughing at the performance, one of his crewmates remarked that Smalls bore a strong resemblance to the white captain. Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crewmate was in 1938

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“Crewmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewmate. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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