Thesaurus results for CLASSMATES

classmates

noun

plural of classmate

as in colleagues

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 classmates One evening at home, their 7-year-old daughter asked Halverson and Kaliah where some of her classmates had gone. —

Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026 In the documentary, Steve maintained his daughter’s innocence and defended her against allegations from former classmates who accused her of bullying. —

Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026 Students should not have to leave class searching for supplies, ask classmates or teachers for help, or spend the school day worried about bleeding through their clothes. —

Gale Brewer, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026 Guncay was rafting with classmates as part of an annual class trip to the Poconos. —

Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 28 May 2026 Diana and Hanbury were classmates at West Heath Girls’ School in Kent, and the letter was written as Charles and Diana’s honeymoon continued at Balmoral Castle. —

Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 24 May 2026 Friends and classmates, meanwhile, were being disappeared. —

Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 Founders Devon Sinha and Tejas Srinivasan, former Duke classmates and pro bettors who previously spent time as engineers at Amazon and Microsoft, respectively, designed the tool with broadcasters, teams, sportsbooks and consumer platforms in mind. —

Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 13 May 2026 Dozens of troopers, many of classmates from Trainor’s academy, arranged themselves to give the trooper one of his last salutes. —

Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 13 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmates

Noun

An Amazon spokesperson told CNBC in a statement that the company respects its colleagues’ right to voice their opinions.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Many scientists believe that the vocal systems of great apes were too limited to be considered precursors of human language, but the work of Crockford, Berthet and their colleagues suggests otherwise.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 3 June 2026