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
  • Alison Linder, assistant sustainability coordinator at Occidental College, which has a thrift store of its own with Halloween costumes in stock, encouraged people to organize their own swaps with neighbors, friends or school classmates.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • On Saturday nights after performing at the opera, all 25 ballet classmates would end up back at a friend’s house for a sleepover.
    — Remy Rippon, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of classmates
Noun
  • The students brought 16 wreaths and 16 red hearts -- one for each victim -- outside the station building.
    — MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • This week, Maryland announced plans to bolster poor football attendance by giving students who stayed until the final whistle a chance at free tuition.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of students
Noun
  • The governing body also called off the official presentation for Spain’s Under-21 international against Japan as a mark of respect and solidarity towards De Miguel’s family, teammates and Tenerife supporters.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2026
  • On some plays, the UM staff identified players who were not swarming to the ball to make a play if one of their teammates missed the first tackle attempt.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of teammates
Noun
  • Visas and a subpoena Nearly half of Caltech’s graduate students, 46%, come from abroad, along with 16% of undergraduates.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Atlantic analysis that found over 20% of undergraduates at Harvard and Brown are registered as disabled, while Amherst has 34% and Stanford close to 40%.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of undergraduates
Noun
  • There’s no doubt this is a see-and-be-seen destination in the city, chosen for graduation celebrations, baby showers, birthdays, and after-work drinks with colleagues.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • As the midterm results came in last night, the staff writers Isaac Chotiner and Jason Zengerle joined their colleagues for a discussion on our election live blog.
    — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • Here’s a quick guide to the stories local readers should catch up on.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • When Vogue first put Kim on the cover, readers canceled their subscriptions.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 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
  • Like its bigger siblings, the ELF-MN1 pairs an LCD with a micro-optical lens layer and a high-speed sensor that tracks your pupils.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026
  • In each of the future belligerent countries, elite schools would have long regarded it as their duty to instill in their pupils, the officer class in the making, a martial spirit.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of pupils
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“Schoolmates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmates. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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