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
On Wednesday, the NCAA permanently banned three Fresno State players for illicitly placing prop bets on themselves or teammates to over or underperform in certain statistical categories.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Frenkie de Jong trained with the rest of his teammates, and so did Marcl Bernal who received medical clearance at last.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates are back in action on Saturday for the first time since their loss in the Leagues Cup final and the embarrassing ugly brawl that followed.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
More Schultz/Getty Images Another five-time All-Star, Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, is ready for the challenge of facing his former teammate.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Frenkie de Jong trained with the rest of his teammates, and so did Marcl Bernal who received medical clearance at last.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates are back in action on Saturday for the first time since their loss in the Leagues Cup final and the embarrassing ugly brawl that followed.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
More Schultz/Getty Images Another five-time All-Star, Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, is ready for the challenge of facing his former teammate.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammate
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Meanwhile, their former friends and classmates — Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair), Jordan Li (Derek Luh and London Thor) and Emma Meyer (Lizze Broadway) — have been locked inside a high security, underground supe prison for young adults known publicly as the Elmira Adult Rehabilitation Center.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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Along those lines, the NCAA maintains this limitation envisions college students who play sports entering the real world alongside their classmates, with roster spots then opening for rising freshmen.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Beat overcommitment syndrome, get the right things done, and build real influence with your colleagues up, down, sideways, and diagonal—all over the organization chart.—
Bruce Tulgan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In its history, Everybody Loves Raymond, created by Romano and Philip Rosenthal, received 15 Emmys and 69 total nominations, including for Romano, Garrett, and their colleagues Patricia Heaton, and Peter Boyle.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
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Trump doesn’t have very many friends on the global stage that are from the left.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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This was reflected somewhat in his lone vote to slash the federal funds rate by 50 basis points as opposed to the 25-bps cut passed by the rest of his peers.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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In that area, his peers were outshining him.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Teammate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammate. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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