Schoolmate is an English word with synonyms like classmate or acquaintance. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Schoolmate meaning
A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
Synonyms of Schoolmate
Using Schoolmate
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
- Useful related words include: classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow, acquaintance.
- In the example corpus, schoolmate often appears in combinations such as: with schoolmate, her schoolmate, my schoolmate.
Context around Schoolmate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Schoolmate
- In this selection, "schoolmate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, old, met, stabbed, george, congratulations and humphrey stand out and add context to how "schoolmate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fellow schoolmate slashed his and an old schoolmate is the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "schoolmate" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with schoolmate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tjaden One of Bäumer's non-schoolmate friends. (8 words)
He met schoolmate George Harrison on the bus in Speke. (10 words)
My schoolmate, I will always remember the memories we had. (10 words)
The 15-year-old victim of close to her Mqabba home, told police that a 13-year-old schoolmate who had long bullied her, tried to stab her three times with a penknife while her boyfriend punched her on the head and kicked her in the stomach. (47 words)
She struggled to fit in with her neighbor Persephone, a lingo loving girl that called her “Jack,” and later with a schoolmate from her progressive school, where she was one of the only four black students. (36 words)
The brawl between two students of the Richard Ishmael Secondary School was triggered after the female student made disparaging remarks about a relative of her schoolmate, a source close to the school told Stabroek News yesterday. (36 words)
Example sentences (18)
He met schoolmate George Harrison on the bus in Speke.
I am so happy to see my schoolmate as the governor of Abia State.
Bellambi man fatally stabbed schoolmate after housing dispute escalated; train strike averted, not before Dapto limo service answers anxious travellersOld Bulli Hospital site has been transformed as 50 home development begins.
During her interview with the BBC, Tooney, as she is known by fans, wished her ex-schoolmate congratulations and hoped she would "enjoy the celebrations".
Josh’s partner Katie Ellis – also an old schoolmate - is the salon manager, while Tom’s partner looks after the salon’s social media.
Prince of Wales' visit to the Turf was showcased in the episode, where he caught up with former schoolmate Humphrey Ker.
The 15-year-old victim of close to her Mqabba home, told police that a 13-year-old schoolmate who had long bullied her, tried to stab her three times with a penknife while her boyfriend punched her on the head and kicked her in the stomach.
But there was a flaw in the test: The schoolmate in line next to her whispered the correct answers in her ear.
My schoolmate, I will always remember the memories we had.
She struggled to fit in with her neighbor Persephone, a lingo loving girl that called her “Jack,” and later with a schoolmate from her progressive school, where she was one of the only four black students.
Six-year-old Fawaz Asgar is now traumatised after a fellow schoolmate slashed his hand with a broken glass bottle at the Mon Repos Primary School, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The brawl between two students of the Richard Ishmael Secondary School was triggered after the female student made disparaging remarks about a relative of her schoolmate, a source close to the school told Stabroek News yesterday.
The message didn’t travel far and it had not been in the water long, but it was great to see Joey’s exuberance at finding the bottled-up note from a schoolmate in West Tisbury.
First came her schoolmate Bambi's wedding in 1998, followed by two childhood pals - Mayette's later that same year and Brenda's in 2001.
Police spokesperson Captain Allie Kodisang said she was walking home on 13th Avenue with a schoolmate after a class tutorial when the suspect allegedly grabbed her hand.
From 1900–1904, Cocteau attended the Lycée Condorcet where he met and began a physical relationship with schoolmate Pierre Dargelos who would later reappear throughout Cocteau's oeuvre. citation He left home at fifteen.
She once attacked her schoolmate Daniel Byrd after he repeatedly taunted her, calling her "Miss Turtlehead" due to her cranial ridges.
Tjaden One of Bäumer's non-schoolmate friends.
Common combinations with schoolmate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with schoolmate 3×
- her schoolmate 3×
- my schoolmate 2×
- schoolmate after 2×
- schoolmate in 2×