1,400 new words in our dictionary! — Parasocial, glow-up, promposal & more
1,400 new words in our dictionary! — More

playmates

noun

plural of playmate
as in classmates

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for playmates
  1. classmates
  2. teammates
  3. roommates
  4. colleagues
  5. associates
  6. companions
  7. peers
  8. friends
Noun
  • Even in film school, my classmates were all about the French New Wave.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The duo, fundraising co-chairs on the Class of 2029 Council, distributed 100 quarts of soup to needy classmates last week, gifted to them by local restaurant Souper Jenny.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of classmates
Noun
  • Several teammates huddled outside the medical tent while Dart was inside, no doubt worried about the status of their starting quarterback.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Jayden De La Cruz, Diego Apolinar and Roman Holiday are teammates at El Camino Real, play on the same club team and also will be college teammates next year.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of teammates
Noun
  • Kaylee Goncalves also felt as though she was being watched and stalked in the weeks before she was murdered alongside two of her roommates and one roommate's boyfriend.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Definition of roommates
Noun
  • Nussbaum and her colleagues began passing out leaflets at Boston subway and bus stops to women heading to their jobs at downtown office buildings.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • For The Times) In the other new study, Taylor and his colleagues looked along the banks of rivers running through the cities of Bakersfield and Coalinga.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • Stomski said associates can move from earning roughly $16 to $20 an hour to $35 to $40 an hour after becoming technicians.
    — Alice Barlow, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Investing time to perform a SWOT analysis is necessary for maintaining a healthy culture among associates, board members and supporters.
    — Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • His companions managed to drive the animal away and provide first aid before transporting him by boat to the village of Toora-Khem.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, many teens are treating AI companions as friends and even romantic companions.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of companions
Noun
  • Bank of America announced this morning a new Payments Insights capability, part of CashPro, that analyzes payment efficiency, cross-border flows and working-capital performance and compares a company’s results with industry peers.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The region also earns an F for disconnected communities, with 21% of workers commuting 45 minutes or more, and the longest average commute among its peers at 30 minutes.
    — Brian O'Malley, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • And so there are friends who are hustling, pivoting to influencing in an effort to get money, to try to figure out how to capitalize on this moment.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • At first, the scuffle only involved the original two women, but quickly chaos broke out as smaller fights broke out all over from around a dozen friends or spectators, the report read.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of friends
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

playmate
playmates
play-off
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Playmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playmates. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of argot

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'
See More

Popular

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
image of the words cracker fly and sale arranged in a triangle with the word fire in the middle
Triple Play Quiz Find the word that pairs with each of the three g...
See All