schoolfellow

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noun

Synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.

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Meanings

nounschoolfellow (plural schoolfellows)

plural schoolfellows

  1. 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 1998
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    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 48

    Synonyms: schoolmate

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounan acquaintance that you go to school with

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APA

schoolfellow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolfellow

MLA

“schoolfellow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolfellow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schoolfellow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolfellow.

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