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
Heart The Lover by Lily King During her senior year of college, Jordan is drawn into an intense friendship and romantic triangle with two brilliant classmates, Sam and Yash, in a bond that shapes her ambitions and alters all three of their lives.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
As the shooting unfolded, texts came into Salzman’s phone from classmates sharing their hiding locations.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Aghayeva’s arrest appeared to be the first time in nearly a year that federal immigration authorities were active on Columbia’s campus, which has been rocked by the detention of several classmates, including most famously, Mahmoud Khalil.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
Marcus Phillips spearheads a spot-on quintet of classmates, each bursting with self-conscious awkwardness and a desire to be seen and understood.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
Her classmates will get out of school soon.
—Rodrigo Hasbún, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
What the audience didn’t know at the time of those broadcasts was that some of those little girls were classmates of my children.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
On Senior Day, Rori Harmon will get to play with classmates Kyla Oldacre, Teya Sidberry, Ashton Judd and Sarah Graves for a little bit.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
In a photograph that one of Bird’s classmates snapped that day and published in the Springs Valley Herald, neither Bird nor Knight is smiling.
—Keith O'Brien, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
As the shooting unfolded, texts came into Salzman’s phone from classmates sharing their hiding locations.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Aghayeva’s arrest appeared to be the first time in nearly a year that federal immigration authorities were active on Columbia’s campus, which has been rocked by the detention of several classmates, including most famously, Mahmoud Khalil.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
Marcus Phillips spearheads a spot-on quintet of classmates, each bursting with self-conscious awkwardness and a desire to be seen and understood.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
Her classmates will get out of school soon.
—Rodrigo Hasbún, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
What the audience didn’t know at the time of those broadcasts was that some of those little girls were classmates of my children.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
On Senior Day, Rori Harmon will get to play with classmates Kyla Oldacre, Teya Sidberry, Ashton Judd and Sarah Graves for a little bit.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
In a photograph that one of Bird’s classmates snapped that day and published in the Springs Valley Herald, neither Bird nor Knight is smiling.
—Keith O'Brien, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for classmates
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Photographed heading to Lattanzi in New York with his colleagues for the week, Storrie opted for a chocolate brown, shearling collared leather jacket by Sandro, a cobalt blue knit, straight-leg blue jeans, and black Saint Laurent penny loafers with white socks.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2026
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In his statement, Fincke thanked his Crew-11 colleagues, along with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, who were also aboard the space station at the time and are still in space.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
25 Feb. 2026
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That the brief history of women even being nominated for the award is remarkably recent, and has involved Arkapaw’s peers and friends, is something that has also focused her mind on the possibility.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
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Her peers Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes struggled with mental health in a much more public way.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Morales leaped in the air and got hugged by his teammates.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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For the first time since the end of Ryder Ryan’s senior year at North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville, North Carolina, Ryder and his younger brother, River, are teammates again.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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Six were close friends who had together planned the backcountry ski trip.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Investigators determined Jordan and several of his friends had a gun and were playing with it right before the weapon went off, the release states.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Classmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classmates. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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