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 But in this one, Mayfield mainly just handed off and occasionally danced after teammates produced big runs. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026 To build a 125-point lead, Antonelli needs to win today's race, with teammate George Russell finishing P9 or lower and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton finishing P5 or lower. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2026 When the Royals returned to the playoffs in 2015, pitcher Jeremy Guthrie ran the numbers and gave his teammates a presentation. — Stephanie Apstein, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026 The Hawks guard got into the passing lanes, deflecting passes to teammates or collecting them himself. — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teammate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammate
  1. classmate
  2. colleague
  3. friend
  4. peer
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
  • Deguchi Natsuki plays Fujino, an outgoing student who draws manga for her school newspaper, and Makita Aju plays Kyomoto, a reclusive classmate who idolizes her work.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of classmate
Noun
  • The letter also urges scrutiny of her staff, donors, and colleagues.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Murray says her own experience has made her more understanding when female colleagues seem more tired or irritable than usual, particularly when the behavior is out of character.
    — Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of colleague
Noun
  • Sundfør was also drawn to Julian’s ideas through a close friend who converted to Catholicism while battling cancer, and with whom Sundfør read religious texts, including Julian’s Revelations.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The hopeful part is the part where the people who are dealing with the consequences of that look toward their community, look toward their friends, look toward the people around them for support, for help, for unity—all of those sorts of things.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of friend
Noun
  • The ultra-wealthy may have more peers than ever before, but DiFuria and Goldbart said many of them feel cut off.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Kubiak and his peers argue that the trawlers diminish their fish stocks and also cause broader damage to the seafloor.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of peer

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“Teammate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammate. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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