schoolmate

[skool-meyt]

noun

1. a companion or associate at school.

schoolmate

/ ˈskuːlˌmeɪt /

noun

1. a companion at school; fellow pupil

Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolmate¹

First recorded in 1555–65; school ¹ + mate ¹

Example Sentences

Old schoolmates who had not seen each other in years squealed and embraced.

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But I treated all my schoolmates the same; I didn’t look down on kids who didn’t know as much as I did.

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Some of my schoolmates say the Americans are planning to build a canal in Panama.

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But his victory reflects the dynamics of a rapidly changing city where about a million Muslims have become fully integrated members of society, as neighbors, friends and schoolmates of the non-Muslim majority.

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They talked about their schoolmates and their friends and their family.

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Related Words

• acquaintance 
• chum 
• classmate 
• comrade