seatmate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of seatmate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
That seatmate turned out to be Jean-Louis Dumas, then the chief executive of Hermès.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Meanwhile, Mr Davis’ seatmate Toby Pearl, from Wales, was providing CPR to a passenger who was unconscious.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
On the flight to Nashville, my seatmate, a nurse and a practicing Catholic, clocking my reading material, confessed her love for Kingsbury.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
She tried shouting to her seatmate that they had to move, to get out of those seats.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
Unfortunately for Farrington, his seatmate was an off-duty policeman.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.