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
  • Berger Ziauddin says at the end of the week, kids present their drawings to their classmates.
    — Rob Schmitz, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The introspective movie centers on four classmates setting out to find the body of a boy who went missing in the woods.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of classmates
Noun
  • Tuesday was the first day of school for students in Grand Junction, and the western Colorado school district shared a statement during the day about the tragic car accident over the weekend that claimed the lives of several students.
    — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • As well as reigniting debate about gun control in Thailand, the shooting has put a focus on mental health for students and young people.
    — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of students
Noun
  • Every time a player screwed up, the coaching staff and his teammates received a text message, calling out both the infraction and the guilty party.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The infielder and his teammates had earned it Wednesday with a 4-3, 11-inning victory that secured more than a sweep of the first-place Milwaukee Brewers.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of teammates
Noun
  • Two months later, the University of Notre Dame enhanced its financial aid so that undergraduates with annual household income below $150,000 would have all their tuition costs covered starting with the upcoming academic year.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The system set itself a goal of adding 17,000 in-state undergraduates between 2020 and 2030.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of undergraduates
Noun
  • The owner of her own law firm, Campione was first elected to the Board of County Commissioners in 2010 and was unanimously selected by her colleagues to serve as Commission Chair in 2018.
    — James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Geneticist Shigeki Nakagome of Trinity College Dublin and his colleagues analyzed 13 bone samples previously collected from an archaeological site at Camarones in northern Chile.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • Choose from contemporary yet classic silhouettes in classic readers and sunglasses for men and women.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Once again, this column, and Screencaps readers were one step ahead of the news cycle.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 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
  • Moreover, pupils get the chance to gain hands-on experience with opportunities to take photography classes in Scotland and study social media in Tokyo.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
  • One of the drivers for the budget reduction is the decreasing number of students attending traditional public schools, which has been declining for two decades and is set to drop by another 8,000 pupils this school year, to 217,100.
    — Austin Horn August 3, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of pupils
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