SCHOOLMATES Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

schoolmates

noun

plural of schoolmate

as in classmates

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Relevance

as in schoolfellows

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nonstudents

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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

In academic performance, boys lag well behind girls in elementary school, high school, and college, where female undergraduates now outnumber their male peers roughly 2 to 1.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
Princeton undergraduates are helping the organization develop standards for post-mortem digital privacy and death in custody.

— Rachel Brooks, Washington Post, 21 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

Several readers have spoken of appreciation for the columns of mine that intersected sports and society, such as excoriating the NFL for its blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
The urban centers in this neck of the woods are also very large and—at the risk of chafing readers in the other three-quarters of the country—our biggest towns are also tremendously important.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of readers

Noun

In June, The Times of London reported that private schools throughout the UK have lost 30,000 pupils since January 2025, and about 100 independent schools have closed entirely.

— Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
Meloni did not specify the exact cap but said the government would also require mandatory Italian-language lessons for parents of foreign pupils who struggle to integrate.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of pupils

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