teammate

noun

team·​mate ˈtēm-ˌmāt How to pronounce teammate (audio)
: a fellow member of a team

Examples of teammate in a Sentence

They have been teammates for several years. She's very popular among her teammates.
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Freeman took rookie Chad Patrick deep for the first Dodgers run, and his teammates squeezed a second run out of Brewers closer Abner Uribe in the ninth. Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025 Integrated blue force tracking allows soldiers to pinpoint the exact positions of teammates, not just as dots on a map, but within buildings or terrain features. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025 Guerrero and his Blue Jays teammates are nowhere close to capitulating, down 2-0 in a best-of-seven format. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Moore was in the Bears’ locker room joking with teammates before leaving the stadium in an ambulance. Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teammate

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of teammate was in 1882

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“Teammate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teammate. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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teammate

noun
team·​mate ˈtēm-ˌmāt How to pronounce teammate (audio)
: a fellow member of a team

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