Thesaurus results for CLASSMATE

classmate

noun

as in colleague

a member of the same class in a school, college, or university She was widely regarded as the most likely to succeed among her classmates.

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Recent Examples of classmate The third, a childhood classmate named Helen Parry, whom the narrator once bullied, has since become a nun herself, though of the celebrity-activist kind the other nuns don’t trust. —

Lauren Christensen, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025 Among the speakers were several coaches, including Evan Chalmers, who provided a variety of amusing quips and tales about his Laguna Beach High classmate and multiple-sports teammate. —

Richard Dunn, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2025 Davidson then introduces a bottle of dirt and rocks, which symbolizes the people the boy encounters daily—classmates, shop workers, strangers, family and friends. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025 One, just 16, had been accused of prostitution by a classmate, and a school official later found $300 in her purse – payment from Epstein. —

Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for classmate

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Noun

Across the federal government, politicians in their 70s and 80s are sticking around and often squeezing out their younger colleagues, said Presidential historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley.

— Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
State subsidies for electric trucks are a key part of California’s strategy, as my colleague Russ Mitchell reports.

— Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025