tablemate

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noun

Someone with whom one shares a table.

Similar
tablefellowcommensaldining companion
OriginEnglish mate ← Middle English mate ← Middle Low German mate →
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Meanings

nountablemate (plural tablemates)

plural tablemates

  1. Someone with whom one shares a table.

    If you are on a ship that has two traditional dinner seatings, arrive at your table on time. Your tablemates will appreciate it and so will the waiters.

    2003, Georgina Cruz, Cruises: How to Sail in Style for Less, page 223

    Synonyms: tablefellow, commensal

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone with whom one shares a table.

Similar
tablefellowcommensal

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone you dine with

Similar
dining companion
Broader
diner
Also see
tablefellow

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishtable
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  4. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  5. Proto-Germanic*matiz
  6. Proto-Germanic*matjô
  7. Proto-West Germanic*gamatjô
  8. Old Saxongimato
  9. Middle Low Germanmate
  10. Middle Englishmate
  11. Englishmate
  12. Englishtablemate

From table + -mate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

metatable
Cite this entry
APA

tablemate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tablemate

MLA

“tablemate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tablemate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tablemate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tablemate.

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