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schoolmate Definition

school·mate (-māt′)

noun

a companion or acquaintance at school

schoolmate Synonyms

schoolmate

n.

schoolmate Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • former: He has his core group of friends, former schoolmates or people he has met in the first years of his life.
  • old: Would like to get in touch with old schoolmates.
  • fellow: I was never as devious as him or would have been so nasty to a fellow schoolmate.
  • young: The projection is of him and his young schoolmates - the class of '76, Chuckery Infant School.