classmate

noun

Definition of classmatenext
as in colleague
a member of the same class in a school, college, or university She was widely regarded as the most likely to succeed among her classmates.

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Recent Examples of classmate At this age, children have their core group of friends; their classmates, in my opinion, are a different category. — Caroline Chirichella, Parents, 27 Aug. 2026 First, in 1960, a tsunami destroyed much of the town, killing several of the Kiyosakis’ classmates. — Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026 Each year, Widener University President Stacey Robertson opens her own home to incoming students, inviting them for dinner, games and an opportunity to connect with their new classmates outside the classroom. — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Her mother creates the child a coat from rags, which draws criticism from her classmates — but through the picture book’s journey, the girl realizes just how kind her mother’s action was. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for classmate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmate
  1. colleague
  2. teammate
  3. peer
  4. friend
  5. schoolmate
Noun
  • Brand fans have spotted the pieces on everyone from colleagues to Hailey Bieber and Taylor Swift, and Dorsey is now an eight-figure business, according to the company.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • My Sun colleagues back at the paper’s Fleet Street office had just discovered that Jagger was planning to reunite with Hall, the glamorous cover girl and catwalk star, in Paris.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of colleague
Noun
  • Angels star Mike Trout, center, and his teammates were thrilled to learn Stan Kroenke, the billionaire Rams’ owner, agreed to buy the baseball team.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Later in the affidavit, a trainer says the player told him that Fields hit his teammate in the back of the head.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of teammate
Noun
  • He was thrust into the spotlight before most of his peers, because waiting is generally the smart thing to do.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers also suggested that mechanisms should be found to allow honest agents to stop cheating by their peers, not merely to call it out on the message board.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of peer
Noun
  • Talley then wandered out of the media center, looking down at her phone and trying to find her friends.
    — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In a Facebook post, Robert Duensing, owner of Best Regards Bakery & Cafe in Overland Park, recalled hundreds of guest radio appearances and being pushed to go just a little further by his friend.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of friend
Noun
  • The dramatic recipe involves equal parts literary ambition, risk-taking, and chutzpah, with a dash of substance abuse, cooked on the high heat of adolescent lust that brings Tony to Provincetown in pursuit of a schoolmate named Nancy (Emilia Jones).
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her schoolmate, Curtis Mehlberg, follows her, and both are able to enter that magical world.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
Definition of schoolmate

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“Classmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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