schoolmates

noun

plural of schoolmate
1
as in classmates

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2
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
  • 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
  • Traditional public schools remain a strong option for many students.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Davis said another group of students arrived and the two exchanged words before gunfire erupted.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of students
Noun
  • Bronny and LeBron spent the past two seasons as the NBA's first father-son teammates, an achievement LeBron said was comparable to any of his championship rings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • While Antetokounmpo didn’t speak to reporters following Tuesday’s morning session in Boca Raton, his new head coach and teammates offered some insight on how the team’s first practice with Antetokounmpo went.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 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
  • The Ratepayer Protection Act, meant to prevent data centers from raising electricity prices, enjoyed sweeping support in the House from all but three Democrats while all but four of their colleagues in the Senate opposed it.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Anthony Jack, Richard Boyatzis and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University coached people once about their personal vision and once about their current problems, then scanned them with fMRI.
    — Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • 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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