schoolmate
UK/ˈskuːlˌmeɪt//ˈskulˌmeɪt/
schoolmate noun: a person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
Noun
schoolmate (plural schoolmates)
- A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
- I've lost touch with all my old schoolmates: I only see them at class reunions.
- The truth seems to be, however, that when he casts his leaves forth upon the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand him better than most of his schoolmates or lifemates.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introduction”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC
- A schoolfriend; a friend from one's school.
schoolmate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Tagalog
schoolmate in Hindi
- person who attended school with the subject
- सहपाठी sahpāṭhī
schoolmate in Tamil
- பள்ளித்தோழர், பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்
schoolmate in Malayalam
- സഹപാഠി, സഹവിദ്യാർത്ഥി
schoolmate in Tagalog
- person who attended school with the subject
- kaeskuwela
Synonyms of schoolmate
Forms of schoolmate
| plural | schoolmates |
|---|---|
| alternative form | school mate |
Origin of schoolmate
From school + -mate.
Questions about schoolmate
- What does schoolmate mean?
- Schoolmate means a person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
- What is schoolmate in Hindi?
- Schoolmate in Hindi is सहपाठी (sahpāṭhī). See Schoolmate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is schoolmate?
- Schoolmate is a noun.
- How do you pronounce schoolmate?
- Schoolmate is pronounced /ˈskuːlˌmeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of schoolmate?
- The plural of schoolmate is schoolmates.
Words near schoolmate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: schoolmate (page history and authors); schoolmate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); schoolmate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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