messmates

plural of messmate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for messmates
Noun
  • The joy of setting a beautiful table and the convenience of throwaway dishes are no longer mutually exclusive thanks to Pavilion, a design-forward paper plate company dreamed up by a pair of grad school classmates.
    Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Now in their mid-30s, the former classmates are being forced to return home and finish high school once and for all.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Beginning in 2012, my colleagues and I helped thousands of interdisciplinary teams at IBM become more entrepreneurial, more agile, and more customer-focused.
    Phil Gilbert, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Some of their most politically vulnerable members are returning to Washington desperate to keep colleagues in both chambers from losing interest in immediate results.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Directed by Naohito Takahashi, the 25-episode run of Berserk takes on some of the manga’s most memorably chapters — from the introduction of its gruff, greatsword-swinging antihero Guts and his warrior comrades in the Band of the Hawk to their ultimate fate upon encountering a massive demon army.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • One of the officers, a special-forces commando who discussed the operation on condition of anonymity, recalls lying in the pitch-dark belly of a river barge alongside dozens of his comrades, all of them armed to the hilt, eyeing one another through night-vision goggles.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Our thoughts and prayers are with his girlfriend Catalina, family, friends and his teammates.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Antetokounmpo received plenty of help from his teammates Friday night.
    Eric Nehm, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Reformation’s retail outposts then become places for customers to socialize, try on clothes, interact with associates, serving as brand conversion hubs.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • According to the press release, the park employed about 70 full-time associates.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Alison Knowles, a key member of the Fluxus movement whose focus on the haptic set her work apart from that of her compatriots, died at her home in New York on October 29.
    News Desk, Artforum, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Her friend Jordan Firstman rounds out the main cast as Charlie, a celebrity stylist, and other compatriots will appear in cameos throughout the season.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pine Ridge, South Dakota — A four-pack of rez dogs trotted toward the lone grocery store, greeting and tailing human companions in hopes of a spare scrap.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Google Gemini and ChatGPT are both found in the classroom and in the workplace, and don’t, for the most part, purport to be companions.
    Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Messmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messmates. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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