teammate

noun

Definition of teammatenext
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 His teammate, striker Mikel Oyarzabal, buried the spot kick past French goalkeeper Mike Maignan. — NBC news, 15 July 2026 On Friday, Jude Belligham went out for a sweet treat with teammates. — Zuri Primos july 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026 The offense, however, doesn’t stay down for long for Baldwin, whose swing and approach are facets of his game his teammates envy and Braves coaches rave about. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 15 July 2026 Having split his rehab between his native Australia and the States, Toohey remained in touch with his Warriors teammates and the team’s medical staff, even if their ability to help him was limited after the Warriors waived him in December. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for teammate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammate
  1. classmate
  2. colleague
  3. friend
  4. peer
Noun
  • Growing up, Patricia easily attracted friends among her peers — and even struck up friendships with some of Robert’s older classmates.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Textbooks were in German, classmates spoke a Saxon dialect, while my grandfather’s novels were in Romanian.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of classmate
Noun
  • The need became more evident after the unexpected death of a City Hall colleague on February, a loss that deeply affected employees across the city, Salgado said.
    — Verónica Egui Brito July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • The circuit made by Coles and colleagues didn’t actually run on ambient noise, which was too low-level to affect the dynamics.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026
Definition of colleague
Noun
  • Court documents state that Goldbourne met the girl through mutual friends and the two texted to plan a time to meet up.
    — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • Her friend offered a cigarette and Cai, searching her brain for a reason to say no, couldn’t find one.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Definition of friend
Noun
  • Most of Future’s peers in the post-Lil Wayne digital-trap era of the early 2010s, from fellow Atlanta stars Young Thug and 2 Chainz to Southern boldfaced names like Kodak Black and Kevin Gates, have faded back into the regional-rap morass.
    — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
  • After five rounds, only about 30 percent of the cells have inherited a full copy of the original genome, according to the team’s findings, which were reported on the preprint server bioRxiv and have not yet been peer-reviewed.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
Definition of peer

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