teammate

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈtiːˌmeɪt/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A fellow member of a team; a person who is on the same team as another.; A colleague or associate who works collaboratively with others toward a common goal, especially in a professional or organizational context.; A person who shares membership in a group, squad, or unit, particularly in sports, military, or competitive activities.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: teammates

Collocations

former teammateclose teammatefellow teammateteammate on the teamold teammate

Derivatives

teammateship

Synonyms

team membercolleaguepartnercomradefellow player

Antonyms

opponentrivaladversary

Commonly confused

team mate
EN: 'Team mate' (two words) is a variant spelling sometimes seen in British English, but 'teammate' (one word) is the standard closed compound form.

Spelling tips

EN: Write as one word 'teammate', not two words 'team mate'. Note the double 'e' at the junction of 'team' + 'mate'.

💬 Examples

  1. She congratulated her teammates after winning the championship.

  2. He considered his coworkers to be more than just colleagues; they were true teammates.

  3. The soldiers relied heavily on their teammates during the difficult mission.