workmate

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noun

Somebody with whom one works; a coworker.

“He loved going to the boozer for lunch with his workmates.”

Similar
adjunctassociatebusiness partnercohortcolaborer /colabourercollaboratorcolleaguecompeer
OriginEnglish mate ← Middle English mate ← Middle Low German mate →
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Meanings

nounworkmate (plural workmates)

plural workmates

  1. Somebody with whom one works; a coworker.

    He loved going to the boozer for lunch with his workmates.

    Synonyms: adjunct, associate, business partner, cohort, colaborer /colabourer, collaborator, colleague, compeer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomebody with whom one works; a coworker.

Similar
adjunctassociatebusiness partnercohortcolaborer /colabourercollaboratorcolleaguecompeerconfrereconsociatecoworker /co-workerfellowjobmateworkfellow
Also see
adjunctassociatebuttycolleaguecoworkerfellowworkfellow

Origin

  1. Englishwork
  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. Englishworkmate

From work + -mate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

teamworkworkteam
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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