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 The two were teammates 30 years ago for a 1-15 Jets team led by Rich Kotite, just before Bill Parcells arrived to change the culture and set a moribund franchise back on the right path. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Cloud then did a chest bump with teammate Aicha Coulibaly before turning around and walking in Freedom's direction. — CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Charlotte traded the two-time All-Star guard and his teammates Josh Green to the Timberwolves in June for Naz Reid and multiple draft picks. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Indeed, Williams repeatedly spoke to Alcaraz after points, pepping up her teammate. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teammate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammate
  1. classmate
  2. colleague
  3. friend
  4. peer
Noun
  • Despite Bret’s passionate insistence that his classmate is a serial killer, Croft tells him Robert is a good kid from a good family and sends him back to class.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • On the cool, overcast October day of my matriculation into the university in 2019, my classmates and I walked onto Selwyn College’s Old Court, excited and taking pictures of each other in our traditional robes.
    — Jill Damatac, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of classmate
Noun
  • Carlile shared the stage with Parton, and her colleagues in the Highwomen, at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • My colleague Bruce Feldman has been talking up the Wolfpack all offseason, due in large part to stud QB CJ Bailey and RB Duke Scott, who had 947 all-purpose yards as a freshman.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of colleague
Noun
  • Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley estended her condolences to victim’s friends and family.
    — Elgin Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • More messages arrived over Discord, X, WhatsApp, and even from a colleague who had been asked by a friend to see whether Fabian would correct his story to say that the explosion had been caused by interceptor fragments.
    — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of friend
Noun
  • Trout and Neto reached out to an unnamed Rams player on Tuesday to gather intel on their new owner, who has a sterling reputation amongst his NFL peers.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike some of its contemporary peers, AllSaints is not rushing back to the runway.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of peer

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“Teammate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammate. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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