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schoolmates

noun

plural of schoolmate
1
as in classmates

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as in schoolfellows

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmates
  1. classmates
  2. students
  3. teammates
  4. undergraduates
  5. colleagues
  6. readers
  7. roommates
  8. pupils
Noun
  • 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, 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
Definition of classmates
Noun
  • Barring a cultural revolution, its current students will more or less be running the country from about 2045 to 2070.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The program is created and facilitated by students during academic year as part of their studies.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of students
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
  • Basically every college tour on an American campus will include a schtick about how undergraduates can participate in faculty research.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Julia is recruited by a study group drilling for the Putnam Test — a six-hour math competition for undergraduates considered the most prestigious in the world.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of undergraduates
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
  • Why Bryson City is a fan favorite On the resulting list of readers’ choice award winners, Bryson City was the only place in North Carolina to land in the top 10.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2026
  • For readers who are familiar with the literary curse of Plaschke in his column over the years, this prediction is not that.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of readers
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
  • Widowed and nearing 60, Tony enjoys a quiet but contented routine, suddenly injected with anxiety when, during the school day, one of his young pupils innocently notes that his right hand looks frozen.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In 1878, two of Queen Victoria’s grandsons, Prince Christian Victor and Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, were pupils at Lambrook.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pupils
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“Schoolmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmates. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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