Schoolfellow

Definition: Schoolfellow

Schoolfellow

Noun

1. An acquaintance that you go to school with.

Date "schoolfellow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Synonyms: Schoolfellow

Synonyms: class fellow (n), classmate (n), schoolmate (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Friend	Schoolmate, schoolfellow; classfellow, classman, classmate; roommate; fellow-man, stable companion.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Schoolfellow

English words defined with "schoolfellow": Bookmate ♦ Condisciple. (references)

"Schoolfellow" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Schoolfellow" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Language		Translations for "schoolfellow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shok shkolle (schoolmate). (various references)

Bulgarian		съученик (classfellow, classmate, fellow, schoolmate, stable companion). (various references)

Czech		spolužák (class mate, classfellow, classmate, fellow student, mate, messmate, schoolmate). (various references)

Finnish		koulutoveri (schoolmate). (various references)

French		condisciple. (various references)

German		Schulkameraden, Schulkamerad (schoolfriend, school-friend, schoolmate). (various references)

Greek		συμμαθητήσ (class fellow, class mate, classmate, schoolmate). (various references)

Hungarian		iskolástárs. (various references)

Manx		cumraag scoill. (various references)

Pig Latin		oolfellowschay

Portuguese		condiscípulo (schoolmate), companheiro de escola (schoolmate), colega de escola (classmate, schoolmate). (various references)

Romanian		coleg de clasã (class mate), coleg de şcoalã (school mate, schoolmate), camarad (Comrade, fellow, helpmate, schoolmate). (various references)

Russian		школьный товарищ (class-fellow, schoolmate, school-mate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		školski drug (schoolmate). (various references)

Spanish		compañero (associate, brother, buddy, chum, colleague, companion, compeer, Comrade, fellow, fellow last, friend at court, mate, pal, partner, sidekick, stooge). (various references)

Swedish		skolkamrat (schoolmate), lärarinna (female teacher, lady teacher, mistress, preceptress, schoolmistress, teacher, woman teacher), lärare (Don, educator, fellow, instructor, teacher). (various references)

Turkish		okuldan arkadaş (schoolmate), okul arkadaşı (brother student, fellow student, schoolmate). (various references)

Ukranian		шкільний товариш (class fellow, classmate), однокашник (chum, classmate, messmate). (various references)

Vietnamese		bạn học (schoolmate). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "schoolfellow": schoolfellows. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "schoolfellow" (pronounced 'School"fel`low'): Bedfellow, Coachfellow, hail-fellow, Pewfellow, Playfellow, Puefellow, Thryfallow, Trifallow, Twifallow, Underfellow, Vow-fellow, Workfellow, Yokefellow. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-f-h-l-l-l-o-o-o-s-w"
	-3 letters: woolfells.
	-4 letters: woolfell.
	-5 letters: fellows, follows, holloes, holloos, hollows.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-f-h-l-l-l-o-o-o-s-w"
	+1 letter: schoolfellows.
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