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
  • On the cool, overcast October day of my matriculation into the university in 2019, my classmates and I walked onto Selwyn College’s Old Court, excited and taking pictures of each other in our traditional robes.
    — Jill Damatac, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Thankfully, her parents were safe – but many of her former neighbors and classmates are missing.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of classmates
Noun
  • Like many of her fellow college students, Stephanie Park has kept a close eye on how AI might affect her career prospects.
    — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The documentary captures the everyday life of the director and his fellow students at the Central African Republic’s Bangui University.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of students
Noun
  • Patrice Bergeron, Ray Bourque, Marián Hossa, Jaromír Jágr and David Pastrňák all traveled to play in the game, as well as many of his teammates from the Bruins’ 2011 Stanley Cup team.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • After a month of ramming his 6-foot-7, 325-pound frame into his Kansas football teammates during practices at preseason camp, Kansas redshirt junior offensive tackle Calvin Clements is ready to hit somebody, anybody, wearing an opponent’s jersey.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of teammates
Noun
  • SoFi offers a variety of private student loans and refinancing options for undergraduates, graduate students, and parents.
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Reaction from students and educators National surveys have found a rising share of undergraduates report emotional stress and mental health struggles severe enough that many have considered dropping out.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of undergraduates
Noun
  • Brand fans have spotted the pieces on everyone from colleagues to Hailey Bieber and Taylor Swift, and Dorsey is now an eight-figure business, according to the company.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In 2023, Tinsley and colleagues at Texas Tech published another study examining EHP Labs’ ready-to-drink thermogenic beverage, OxyShred Ultra Energy.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • Homer Glen in December approved installing 12 license plate readers on access points in the village, but to date only four are installed, Neitzke-Troike said.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Until then, readers should take these issues as interesting hypotheses and case discussions.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 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 children – Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five – are enrolled to start as day pupils at a mixed independent school next month.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Their heads are broad and coppery in color, and their eyes have vertical, catlike pupils.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of pupils
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