Meanings
plural schoolfellows
- Synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
“You listened to what your two schoolfellows were saying about you.”
1952, C. S. Lewis, chapter 10, in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Collins, published 19981 more example
My brothers were considerably younger than myself; but I had a friend in one of my schoolfellows, who compensated for this deficiency.
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 48Synonyms: schoolmate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan acquaintance that you go to school with
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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schoolfellow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolfellow
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