playdate

noun

play·​date ˈplā-ˌdāt 

: a play session for small children arranged in advance by their parents

Examples of playdate in a Sentence

She has a playdate with a friend from kindergarten.

Recent Examples on the Web

Parents use it to plan park playdates, communicate about recent events, and create soccer leagues. — Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026

Coordinating playdates, activities, and child care for one child with our support network is manageable; doing it for multiple kids with our schedules would have felt impossible. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 25 July 2026

The place was close enough for playdates, far enough to feel completely of another world. — Melissa Petro, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026

The mother of three from San Jose even holds playdates at Costco with the kids piled in one cart, groceries in another. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for playdate

• abate
• airfreight
• await
• baseplate
• berate
• birthdate
• birthrate
• bookplate
• borate
• breastplate
• bromate
• casemate