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
Heid is best known for playing the center position on the offensive line at Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans as a teammate of his brother Arch.
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Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Despite a one-year age difference, Wilson and Sarno were teammates all these years until last season, when Sarno was on varsity and Wilson played JV.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
As he was brushed off by the quarterback did not acknowledge him even when Clark rolled down his window and spoke to nearby teammates.
—Cecil Merkerson Iii, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
But there’s protecting your quarterback and his teammates, and there’s being overprotective – especially when UCLA’s players are so often engaging and thoughtful representatives for their university.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
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Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Despite a one-year age difference, Wilson and Sarno were teammates all these years until last season, when Sarno was on varsity and Wilson played JV.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
As he was brushed off by the quarterback did not acknowledge him even when Clark rolled down his window and spoke to nearby teammates.
—Cecil Merkerson Iii, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
But there’s protecting your quarterback and his teammates, and there’s being overprotective – especially when UCLA’s players are so often engaging and thoughtful representatives for their university.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammate
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Sitting outside the stadium, eating lunch with her classmates, J’Averi Yates, a student at Hogan Prep Elementary, had her teeth cleaned and said the best part was getting to see the football stadium.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Holding a Camera, Holding Dignity This truth came back to me recently in a conversation with my friend Daniel Levin, an Associate Professor of Photography at Ohio’s Cuyahoga Community College and my former classmate at RIT.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Even some of Barrett’s liberal colleagues have said the Constitution and the rule of law could be at risk.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Wollweber and his colleagues wanted to see if the Lokiarchaea’s tubulin-like proteins behaved like the eukaryotic versions.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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The two men became friends, or at least acquaintances, in the late 1980s and had a falling out in 2004.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Police began their investigation by focusing on Lauryn and Owen's classmates and friends, and when the investigation stalled, the FBI eventually traced the messages to someone nobody expected.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Typically, a peer-review process is required where multiple experts in the field provide feedback on the analysis before a publication is possible.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The engine behind it is a peer – someone who has been there, done that and now is trained and certified to support people along the way.—
Jessica Magidson,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Teammate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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