as in classmate
a person who is on the same team as someone else
They have been teammates for several years. She's very popular among her teammates.
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Recent Examples of teammate
But Barker battled for the rebound and put it back before her teammates piled on top of her in celebration.
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ABC News, 13 May 2026
Other Grizzlies players and former teammates took to the comments to support Jackson and to show love for Clarke.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Volpe was referring to his and the Royals superstar’s time as teenaged teammates on Team USA.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
Advertisement ‘An incredible teammate’ In the 2001 NBA draft, Jason Collins was selected by the Houston Rockets as the 18th overall pick.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 13 May 2026
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ABC News, 13 May 2026
Other Grizzlies players and former teammates took to the comments to support Jackson and to show love for Clarke.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Volpe was referring to his and the Royals superstar’s time as teenaged teammates on Team USA.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
Advertisement ‘An incredible teammate’ In the 2001 NBA draft, Jason Collins was selected by the Houston Rockets as the 18th overall pick.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammate
Noun
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Friends and classmates, meanwhile, were being disappeared.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Founders Devon Sinha and Tejas Srinivasan, former Duke classmates and pro bettors who previously spent time as engineers at Amazon and Microsoft, respectively, designed the tool with broadcasters, teams, sportsbooks and consumer platforms in mind.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Brunson's former The Help colleagues Octavia Spencer and Allison Janney attended the ceremony.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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While Lorenz focused on the physical and mathematical aspects of the problem, Hamilton and her colleagues were busy programming the desk computer.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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Dalila Santiago, a close friend and leader in López’s movement, said after rampant impunity in Honduras, Fúnez’s detention came as a shock.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Ward and his friends' frequent complaints about i-Ready prompted his father to research the program.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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Still, the Braves won the series and went 4-2 over six games against the Dodgers and Cubs, their peers atop the National League’s hierarchy.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
15 May 2026
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The peer reminded me why the Party elected him in the first place—as an antidote to the soap opera of the Conservative party, which was in power at the time, and as a way to move on from Labour’s internal bickering under Jeremy Corbyn.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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“Teammate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammate. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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