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
  • Brock Wisne, for example, graduated with his classmates from the University of Northern Colorado in May and signed with a Spanish professional basketball team over the summer.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Our thoughts are with Carlos's family and loved ones, his fiancée, and his classmates, instructors, and academy staff during this difficult time.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of classmates
Noun
  • Between tuition, books, supplies and all the other costs that arrive with a new academic year, transportation is one area where students and families may be looking to save.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But research shows that alcohol poses a greater risk to students.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of students
Noun
  • Our absolute priority right now is providing unwavering support to their families, friends and teammates during this devastating time.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Our absolute priority right now is providing unwavering support to their families, friends, and teammates during this devastating time.
    — Jack Moore, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of teammates
Noun
  • The University of Nevada, where many of the 20,000 undergraduates moved into their housing this weekend, was just outside the evacuation zone Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Harvard University’s policy capping A grades among undergraduates doesn’t officially start for another year, but students heading back to school this fall are already fretting over the changes.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of undergraduates
Noun
  • Poliński, a professor at the Institute of Archaeology at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, and his colleagues began excavating the site in Pień near Dąbrowa Chełmińska in 2005.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Thankfully, soil typicity and climate in the Napa Valley allow winemakers to make wine from Sauvignon Blanc grapes similar to their colleagues in France, with more refined, complex, and restrained profiles.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • As Coca-Cola works to automate dirty soda and refreshers, CNBC's Amelia Lucas takes readers inside the secretive labs where the soda maker is planning its next wave of innovation.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Risam takes readers back to the dawn of data, charting the course of human recordkeeping from Mesopotamian farming to present-day surveillance technology.
    — Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 24 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
  • Their heads are broad and coppery in color, and their eyes have vertical, catlike pupils.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Our eyes collect light through our pupils, tiny openings only a few millimeters in diameter, and a lens inside our eyes focuses the light onto an optic nerve.
    — Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of pupils
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“Schoolmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmates. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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