schoolmate

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Students & pupils
-grader
alum
alumna
alumnae
alumni
alumnus
entrant
graduate
homeschooler
house officer
houseman
infant
internship
pupil
school-leaver
schoolboy
schoolchild
schoolgirl
schoolmate
theologian

Examples from literature

She wrote a song against cyberbullying, and she sang it with other classmates in an educational program for her school. 
The bully had a lot of power over his classmates. 
His classmates began to call him "old know-it-all." 
Julia and one of Peter's classmates were just behind us. 
Miriam and her three particular friends were carefully avoided by their classmates. 
My friend and classmate, George H. Thomas, was there, in command of a brigade in the leading division. 
The two were intimate at that time,—they had been classmates—and saw a great deal of each other. 

classmate | American Dictionary

classmate
noun[ C ]
us/ˈklæsˌmeɪt/
someone who is in the same class as you in school:
Trish is taller than most of her classmates.

Examples of classmate

classmate
Of the 71 comparison cases, 58 were classmates and thirteen were neighbours (all hereafter called comparisons).
As compared to their classmates with short names, kindergartners with long names tended to produce spellings that contained a lower proportion of phonetically reasonable letters.
A gender-matched classmate from the same homeroom was selected for each evacuee child.
The teacher also gives the children the opportunity and some coaching in drawing expressions of the emotions, and encoding the expressions for classmates to see.
Participants' classmates (boys and girls) nominated up to four boys in the classroom who best fit each descriptor.
There was somewhat less agreement between classmates and teachers among girls than boys.
But we all knew, in watching the improvisations, which of our classmates had succeeded and which had not.
The authors find that a student's educational achievement is positively related to the educational background and aspirations of his classmates.
Two research assistants ensured that all children recognized the photos of all their classmates by presenting them individually.
Her male classmates were so outraged that they burned her in effigy in the street.
In the three excerpts presented below, racial stereotypes and assumptions inhabit his and his classmates' talk more insidiously.
In addition, all children attended regular classrooms, although 12% of the sample was in classrooms with younger classmates because of grade retention.
Students were given a list of all their classmates' names and a list of descriptions of roles.
Each classmate whose parents consented for their child to participate was interviewed by a researcher.
The score was the number of choices received from classmates.
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