Synonyms of schoolmate

schoolmate

noun

1

as in classmate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classmate
• teammate
• playmate
• roommate
• housemate
• shipmate
• colleague
• playfellow
• roomie
• coworker
• friend
• associate
• cohort
• compatriot
• partner
• comrade
• running mate
• collaborator
• crony
• messmate
• peer
• accomplice
• pal
• compeer
• buddy
• workmate
• fellow
• companion
• ally
• chum
• confidant
• half
• affiliate
• mate
• equal
• intimate
• hobnobber
• familiar
• hearty
• countryman
• escort
• confederate
• attendant
• parasite
• leech
• hanger-on

2

as in schoolfellow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• schoolfellow
• schoolboy
• schoolgirl
• schoolchild
• undergraduate
• coed
• student
• preppie
• reader
• collegian
• day student
• pupil
• postgraduate
• kindergartner
• freshman
• junior
• kindergartener
• preppy
• sophomore
• scholar
• middler
• upperclassman
• high schooler
• undergrad
• middle schooler
• studier
• exchange student
• underclassman
• senior

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonstudent

Examples of schoolmate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The district threatened to cut school bus access for Braylon Blocker, 12, and his schoolmates this year. —Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024

The victim had just finished up playing soccer in the park with a schoolmate of the same age near the corner of Colden St. and Kalmia Ave. —Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024

In Death’s End, Cheng’s former schoolmate Yun Tianming falls ill with cancer and uses an unexpected windfall to buy a star in a far-off galaxy for Cheng, whom he’s long carried a torch for. —Zing Tsjeng, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024

July 13 Famed California kidnapping hoaxer Sherri Papini breathes new life into schoolmate's 1998 disappearance Sherri Papini, a California woman who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, attended the same high school as 16-year-old Tera Smith, who disappeared in 1998. —Fox News, 27 July 2024