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a person who is on the same team as someone else
They have been teammates for several years. She's very popular among her teammates.
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Recent Examples of teammates
The duo had been teammates on LSU’s Elite Eight team in 2023-24, and Van Lith credits Reese for helping her ease into the WNBA.
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Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Sophomore catcher Jordan Lindsay’s RBI double to right field tied the game 1-1 before teammates followed the same hitting pattern for four runs in the inning.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
After one training session, Mura and five or six of his U20 teammates hung around and volunteered to line up as a wall for Messi, who was practicing free kicks.
—Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
But not too many of his teammates have that benefit, and up until Wednesday, Gallagher was not playing.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Jones, who projects to start across from fellow veteran edge defender Harold Landry III this season, has heard about the postseason from teammates in stops with the Broncos, Seahawks, Titans and Ravens.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Despite revolving coordinators and a carousel of teammates, Simmons became the NFL’s finest ballhawk.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Very typical of the better Orange County public-school baseball teams, the Orange roster is made up of players who have experienced ups and downs as teammates for a long time.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Murakami and Montgomery both homered in the White Sox's 11-7 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, becoming the first set of teammates to each homer in four consecutive games for in MLB history.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Sophomore catcher Jordan Lindsay’s RBI double to right field tied the game 1-1 before teammates followed the same hitting pattern for four runs in the inning.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
After one training session, Mura and five or six of his U20 teammates hung around and volunteered to line up as a wall for Messi, who was practicing free kicks.
—Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
But not too many of his teammates have that benefit, and up until Wednesday, Gallagher was not playing.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Jones, who projects to start across from fellow veteran edge defender Harold Landry III this season, has heard about the postseason from teammates in stops with the Broncos, Seahawks, Titans and Ravens.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Despite revolving coordinators and a carousel of teammates, Simmons became the NFL’s finest ballhawk.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Very typical of the better Orange County public-school baseball teams, the Orange roster is made up of players who have experienced ups and downs as teammates for a long time.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Murakami and Montgomery both homered in the White Sox's 11-7 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, becoming the first set of teammates to each homer in four consecutive games for in MLB history.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teammates
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One fifth grader, Carmelo Brown, described a frightening scene as classmates were escorted out of the building.—
Hannah McIlree,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Nedelman has assembled the book club over the decades, inviting women from different parts of her life, including investment clubs and Planned Parenthood organizing along with high school classmates.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a 2006 study, Redelmeier and his colleagues found that acronyms may improve a trial’s likelihood of being cited.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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So many of my female colleagues are moms or moms-to-be, and there is comfort in being around other working women who are also building families.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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His new measurement of the gravitational constant, or G, one of the most fundamental values in physics, was going to be revealed to his peers that afternoon.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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Today, the average Black 12th grader scores lower than about 75 percent of his or her white peers.—
Steven F. Wilson,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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Reporters, editors and guests of the many publications in attendance filed in, searching for their tables, yapping with old – or possibly new – friends and lining up to get a photo in front of the main table.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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But do those connections turn into friends?—
Mary Frances Ruskell,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Teammates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teammates. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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