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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an acquaintance that you go to school with [syn: schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1713 a member of the same class in a school or college

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a fellow-member of a class, esp. at school.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Classmate Class"mate`, n. One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(classmates) Your classmates are students who are in the same class as you at school or college. N-COUNT: oft poss N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Class-fellow.

Moby Thesaurus

ace, amigo, associate, bedfellow, bedmate, birthmate, bosom buddy, buddy, bunkie, bunkmate, butty, camarade, chamberfellow, chum, clubmate, colleague, comate, companion, company, compeer, comrade, confrere, consociate, consort, copartner, copemate, copesmate, couchmate, cradlemate, crony, cupmate, fellow, fellow student, general partner, girl friend, gossip, grade schooler, high schooler, infant, intermediate schooler, jailmate, kindergartner, mate, messmate, nursery school child, old crony, pal, pard, pardner, partner, pewmate, playfellow, playmate, prep schooler, preschool child, preschooler, primary schooler, roommate, school child, school kid, school lad, schoolboy, schoolfellow, schoolgirl, schoolmate, secondary schooler, secret partner, shelfmate, shipmate, shopmate, side partner, sidekick, sidekicker, silent partner, sleeping partner, special partner, tablemate, teammate, tentmate, watchmate, waymate, workfellow, yokefellow, yokemate