classmatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklɑːs.meɪt/us/ˈklæs.meɪt/A2 someone who is in the same class as you at school
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- boarder
- entrant
- graduate
- infant
- intern
- internship
- learner
- mature age student
- pupil
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
- student
- theologian
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Examples from literature
- She wrote a song against cyberbullying, and she sang it with other classmates in an educational program for her school.
- The bully had a lot of power over his classmates.
- His classmates began to call him "old know-it-all."
- Julia and one of Peter's classmates were just behind us.
- Miriam and her three particular friends were carefully avoided by their classmates.
- My friend and classmate, George H. Thomas, was there, in command of a brigade in the leading division.
- The two were intimate at that time,—they had been classmates—and saw a great deal of each other.