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 At least three students were killed and about 20 others injured in an attack at a public high school in Tacloban, where two classmates opened fire on campus. — CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 One of Madison's teachers at North Star Academy Washington Park High School in Newark read tributes written by her classmates. — John Kelly, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 When a Black professor suggests that the protesting students are infringing on their classmates’ right to use shared areas, her white counterparts shake their heads in disgust for her refusal to capitulate to progressive groupthink. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 But when Jennings’s father took a job in Seoul and Ken started attending an international school, his classmates hipped him to a certain show airing in the afternoons on the Armed Forces Television Network. — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026 If the norm itself is the problem, enlist students whom their classmates respect to model how to challenge an idea without attacking a person. — Liam Julian, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026 Campbell walked with the rest of his classmates, but Reinart had to miss the ceremony. — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Some classmates were ashamed that their immigrant parents spoke only Polish or Hungarian at home. — Gloria Steinem, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026 Like many of his classmates, Kennedy entertained the idea of becoming a priest. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Kyl rose to a leadership position during his last full term in the Senate, when his Republican colleagues selected him as minority whip.

— JACQUES BILLEAUD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Wixted and his colleagues have found that confidence in court is a poor indicator of a witness’s accuracy.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of colleagues

Noun

In my conversations with peers, the divide is no longer between believers and skeptics; few CFOs doubt that AI will materially shape their organizations.

— Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
In August, India’s central bank kept benchmark interest rates unchanged, in contrast to many of its Asian peers that have hiked rates to tackle inflationary headwinds caused by the disruption to global energy supply chains.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of peers

Noun

Each had one arm around the other as friends and teammates do.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Swift was nominated for five Emmys — and the ceremony was scheduled the same night that new husband Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs teammates opened a new NFL season at Arrowhead Stadium.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of teammates

Noun

The Moon opposes powerful Pluto, creating tension between your creative instincts and the opinions of friends, coworkers, or a larger group.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
The only thing that set her aside was that her family was Mormon, but her friends didn’t judge.

— Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

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