noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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sko͞ol′māt′
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈskuːlˌmeɪt/
General-American:/ˈskulˌmeɪt/
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CMU ARPABET:S K UW1 L M EY2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I've lost touch with all my old schoolmates: I only see them at class reunions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A schoolfriend; a friend from one's school.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
an acquaintance that you go to school with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acquaintance, friend
History
Etymology
From school + -mate.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
съученик
(sǎučenik)
— person who attended school with the subject
Czech:
spolužák
— person who attended school with the subject
Danish:
skolekammerat
— person who attended school with the subject
Danish:
medstuderende
— person who attended school with the subject
Finnish:
koulukaveri
— person who attended school with the subject
Finnish:
koulutoveri
— person who attended school with the subject
French:
camarade
— person who attended school with the subject
French:
camarade d'école
— person who attended school with the subject
German:
Schulkamerad (Schulkameradin f)
— person who attended school with the subject
German:
Mitschüler (Mitschülerin f)
— person who attended school with the subject
Hindi:
सहपाठी
(sahpāṭhī)
— person who attended school with the subject
Hungarian:
iskolatárs
— person who attended school with the subject
Kazakh:
мектептес
(mekteptes)
— person who attended school with the subject
Latin:
condiscipulus
— person who attended school with the subject
Latin:
condiscipula
— person who attended school with the subject
Portuguese:
colega de classe
— person who attended school with the subject
Quechua:
yachakuq masi
— person who attended school with the subject
Russian:
однокла́ссник
(odnoklássnik)
— person who attended school with the subject
Serbo-Croatian:
kolega
— person who attended school with the subject
Serbo-Croatian:
kolegica
— person who attended school with the subject
Spanish:
condiscípulo
— person who attended school with the subject
Spanish:
condiscípula
— person who attended school with the subject
Spanish:
compañero de clase
— person who attended school with the subject
Swedish:
skolkamrat
— person who attended school with the subject
Tagalog:
kaeskuwela
— person who attended school with the subject
