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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 teammates
Reiten’s arrival signals a reunion with her former Chelsea teammates, defender Jess Carter and goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger.
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Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Rust and Pittsburgh teammates Erik Karlsson, Samuel Girard, Connor Dewar and Ryan Shea went to the visiting box.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Very typical of the better Orange County public-school baseball teams, the Orange roster is made up of players who have experienced ups and downs as teammates for a long time.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Joined by five teammates and Kubiak, the 2015 Broncos celebrated the Night of Champions at the Paramount Theatre.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Murakami and Montgomery both homered in the White Sox's 11-7 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, becoming the first set of teammates to each homer in four consecutive games for in MLB history.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Plus, all of Garrett’s Briar University Hawks teammates — who get their own love stories in separate books — can be spotted, with a quick snapshot of Dean (Stephen Kalyn) watching Allie (Mika Abdalla) dance.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
The flip side was the likes of Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett and Anton Lundell setting career highs for minutes played trying to cover for injured teammates.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Ron Dennis and Jo Ramirez did their best to convince him, but a gradually underperforming team with no clear path forward and a revolving door of teammates wasn’t part of Senna’s strategy.
—Jerry Perez, The Drive, 16 Apr. 2026
Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Rust and Pittsburgh teammates Erik Karlsson, Samuel Girard, Connor Dewar and Ryan Shea went to the visiting box.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Very typical of the better Orange County public-school baseball teams, the Orange roster is made up of players who have experienced ups and downs as teammates for a long time.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Joined by five teammates and Kubiak, the 2015 Broncos celebrated the Night of Champions at the Paramount Theatre.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Murakami and Montgomery both homered in the White Sox's 11-7 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, becoming the first set of teammates to each homer in four consecutive games for in MLB history.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Plus, all of Garrett’s Briar University Hawks teammates — who get their own love stories in separate books — can be spotted, with a quick snapshot of Dean (Stephen Kalyn) watching Allie (Mika Abdalla) dance.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
The flip side was the likes of Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett and Anton Lundell setting career highs for minutes played trying to cover for injured teammates.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Ron Dennis and Jo Ramirez did their best to convince him, but a gradually underperforming team with no clear path forward and a revolving door of teammates wasn’t part of Senna’s strategy.
—Jerry Perez, The Drive, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammates
Noun
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The 1943 yearbook showed zero Japanese American students, nor did the editors of the book mention how or why their classmates had disappeared from campus.—
Michael A Messner,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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Two Swansea parents were in court Wednesday, facing firearm and child endangerment charges after police say their second-grade child brought a gun to school and showed classmates.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Most importantly, Charnoz and his colleagues’ results clustered into three mineralogical families that closely resemble the composition of the three main chondrite types.—
Javier Barbuzano,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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Fernandez said the broad support for his proposal among his commission colleagues runs counter to public narratives about tow companies wielding undue influence in Miami Beach.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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His new measurement of the gravitational constant, or G, one of the most fundamental values in physics, was going to be revealed to his peers that afternoon.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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Today, the average Black 12th grader scores lower than about 75 percent of his or her white peers.—
Steven F. Wilson,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pack your phone, wallet, keys, and other essentials, like a glasses case and lip gloss, and prepare to head out for a date night or brunch with friends.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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The show follows two upper-crust friends, Julia (O’Hara) and Jane (Byrne), who discover their former lover Maurice (Mark Consuelos) has touched down in London while their husbands are on a golf trip.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Teammates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammates. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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