: one with whom one shares a seat (as in a vehicle with double or paired seats)
Examples of seatmate in a Sentence
My seatmate on the flight to Rome was very friendly.
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The royal pair seemed light and breezy, taking in their view from just behind the pitch-clock, standing to cheer intermittently and chatting briefly with their seatmates.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
For instance, recently on an 11-hour transatlantic flight, my seatmate was having difficulty getting sound in both ears with the airline headset.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
The latter’s video focused on her seatmate, whose infectious giggles and wheezing breaths—which one commenter joked sounded like the engine—became the soundtrack to the plane fault.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Even Corcoran’s seatmates on the set of Shark Tank agree that failure is an opportunity to learn and pivot.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
For instance, recently on an 11-hour transatlantic flight, my seatmate was having difficulty getting sound in both ears with the airline headset.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
The latter’s video focused on her seatmate, whose infectious giggles and wheezing breaths—which one commenter joked sounded like the engine—became the soundtrack to the plane fault.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Even Corcoran’s seatmates on the set of Shark Tank agree that failure is an opportunity to learn and pivot.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Seatmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seatmate. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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