Meanings
plural schoolmates · alternative school mate
- A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
I've lost touch with all my old schoolmates: I only see them at class reunions.
1 more example
The truth seems to be, however, that when he casts his leaves forth upon the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand him better than most of his schoolmates or lifemates.
1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introduction”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC - broadlyA schoolfriend; a friend from one's school.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan acquaintance that you go to school with
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishschool
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Germanic*ga-
- Proto-Germanic*matiz
- Proto-Germanic*matjô
- Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
- Old Saxongimato
- Middle Low Germanmate
- Middle Englishmate
- Englishmate
- Englishschoolmate
Translations
Bulgarian съучени́к, съучени́чка
- съучени́к (săučeník)person who attended school with the subject
- съучени́чка (săučeníčka)person who attended school with the subject
- съучени́че (săučeníče)person who attended school with the subject
Czech spolužák
- spolužákperson who attended school with the subject
Danish skolekammerat, medstuderende
- skolekammeratperson who attended school with the subject
- medstuderendeperson who attended school with the subject
Finnish koulukaveri, koulutoveri
- koulukaveriperson who attended school with the subject
- koulutoveriperson who attended school with the subject
French camarade, camarade d'école
- camaradeperson who attended school with the subject
- camarade d'écoleperson who attended school with the subject
German Schulkamerad (Schulkameradin f), Mitschüler (Mitschülerin f)
- Schulkamerad (Schulkameradin f)person who attended school with the subject
- Mitschüler (Mitschülerin f)person who attended school with the subject
Hindi सहपाठी
- सहपाठी (sahpāṭhī)person who attended school with the subject
Hungarian iskolatárs
- iskolatársperson who attended school with the subject
Latin condiscipulus, condiscipula
- condiscipulusperson who attended school with the subject
- condiscipulaperson who attended school with the subject
Portuguese colega de classe
- colega de classeperson who attended school with the subject
Russian однокла́ссник
- однокла́ссник (odnoklássnik)person who attended school with the subject
Spanish condiscípulo, condiscípula
- condiscípuloperson who attended school with the subject
- condiscípulaperson who attended school with the subject
- compañero de claseperson who attended school with the subject
Swedish skolkamrat
- skolkamratperson who attended school with the subject
Tagalog kaeskuwela
- kaeskuwelaperson who attended school with the subject
Cite this entry
schoolmate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolmate
“schoolmate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolmate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schoolmate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolmate.
Source: schoolmate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.