Colleague

//ˈkɑliɡ//

Synonyms for "colleague" (80 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Strong matches (24)

Related words (40)

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Related terms

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derived

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is a

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related to

13 entries

Translations

152 translations across 75 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • koleg noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kolege noun (fellow member of a profession)

Arabic

4 entries
  • زَمِيل noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • زَمِيلَة noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • شَرِيك noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • شَرِيكَة noun (fellow member of a profession)

Armenian

3 entries
  • գործընկեր noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • կոլեգա noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • պաշտոնակից noun (fellow member of a profession)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • həmkar noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • iş yoldaşı noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • əməkdaş noun (fellow member of a profession)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • кале́га noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • каляжа́нка noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • супрацо́ўнік noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • супрацо́ўніца noun (fellow member of a profession)

Bengali

1 entries
  • সহকর্মী noun (fellow member of a profession)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • коле́га noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • коле́жка noun (fellow member of a profession)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လုပ်ဖော်ကိုင်ဖက် noun (fellow member of a profession)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • коле́ґа noun (fellow member of a profession)

Catalan

2 entries
  • col·lega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • company noun (fellow member of a profession)

Chinese

2 entries
  • тунхон noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • туншы noun (fellow member of a profession)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 同事 noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • 同僚 noun (fellow member of a profession)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 同事 noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • 同僚 noun (fellow member of a profession)

Czech

2 entries
  • kolega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kolegyně noun (fellow member of a profession)

Danish

2 entries
  • kollega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • medarbejder noun (fellow member of a profession)

Dutch

2 entries
  • collega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • medewerker noun (fellow member of a profession)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kolleeg noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kutsekaaslane noun (fellow member of a profession)

Faroese

2 entries
  • arbeiðsfelagi noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • starvsfelagi noun (fellow member of a profession)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kollega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • virkatoveri noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • virkaveli noun (fellow member of a profession)

French

4 entries
  • collègue noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • confrère noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • confrèsœur noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • consœur noun (fellow member of a profession)

Georgian

2 entries
  • თანამშრომელი noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • კოლეგა noun (fellow member of a profession)

German

4 entries
  • Kollege noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • Kollegin noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • Mitarbeiter noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • Mitarbeiterin noun (fellow member of a profession)

Greek

1 entries
  • συνάδελφος noun (fellow member of a profession)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • suleqat noun (fellow member of a profession)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • עָמִית noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • עמיתה noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • קולגה noun (fellow member of a profession)

Hindi

2 entries
  • सहकर्मी noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • साथी noun (fellow member of a profession)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • kartárs noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kolléga noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • munkatárs noun (fellow member of a profession)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • félagi noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kollegi noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • samstarfsmaður noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • starfsfélagi noun (fellow member of a profession)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • rekan kerja noun (fellow member of a profession)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • هَمْکار noun (fellow member of a profession)

Irish

1 entries
  • comhghleacaí noun (fellow member of a profession)

Italian

1 entries
  • collega noun (fellow member of a profession)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 同僚 noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • 同業者 noun (fellow member of a profession)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • әріптес noun (fellow member of a profession)

Khmer

2 entries
  • សហការិនី noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • សហការី noun (fellow member of a profession)

Korean

2 entries
  • 동료 noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • 동업자 noun (fellow member of a profession)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • кесиптеш noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • коллега noun (fellow member of a profession)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເພື່ອນຮ່ວມງານ noun (fellow member of a profession)

Latin

1 entries
  • collēga noun (fellow member of a profession)

Latvian

2 entries
  • kolēģe noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kolēģis noun (fellow member of a profession)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • bendradarbis noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kolega noun (fellow member of a profession)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • колега noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • колешка noun (fellow member of a profession)

Middle English

1 entries
  • felawe noun (fellow member of a profession)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хамт ажиллагч noun (fellow member of a profession)

Māori

1 entries
  • hoa mahi noun (fellow member of a profession)

Norman

1 entries
  • collègue noun (fellow member of a profession)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • hevkar noun (fellow member of a profession)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • kollega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • medarbeider noun (fellow member of a profession)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • kollega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • medarbeidar noun (fellow member of a profession)

Occitan

1 entries
  • collèga noun (fellow member of a profession)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • حریف noun (fellow member of a profession)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • колеґа noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • колеґиня noun (fellow member of a profession)

Pashto

2 entries
  • هم کسب noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • همکار noun (fellow member of a profession)

Polish

2 entries
  • kolega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • koleżanka noun (fellow member of a profession)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • colega noun (fellow member of a profession)

Romanian

2 entries
  • coleg noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • colegă noun (fellow member of a profession)

Romansch

2 entries
  • collavuratur noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • collavuratura noun (fellow member of a profession)

Russian

4 entries
  • колле́га noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • сослужи́вец noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • сослужи́вица noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • сотру́дник noun (fellow member of a profession)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kolègica noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • koléga noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • коле́га noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • колѐгица noun (fellow member of a profession)

Slovak

2 entries
  • kolega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kolegyňa noun (fellow member of a profession)

Slovene

4 entries
  • kolega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kolegica noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • sodelavec noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • sodelavka noun (fellow member of a profession)

Spanish

2 entries
  • colega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • compañero noun (fellow member of a profession)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • wrokomati noun (fellow member of a profession)

Swedish

3 entries
  • arbetskamrat noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kollega noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • medarbetare noun (fellow member of a profession)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ҳамкор noun (fellow member of a profession)

Telugu

1 entries
  • సహోద్యోగి noun (fellow member of a profession)

Thai

1 entries
  • เพื่อนร่วมงาน noun (fellow member of a profession)

Turkish

4 entries
  • iş arkadaşı noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • koldaş noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • meslektaş noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • çalışma arkadaşı noun (fellow member of a profession)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • коле́га noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • колежа́нка noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • співробі́тник noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • співробі́тниця noun (fellow member of a profession)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ساتھی noun (fellow member of a profession)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئىشداش noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • خىزمەتداش noun (fellow member of a profession)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • hamkasb noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • kasbdosh noun (fellow member of a profession)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đồng nghiệp noun (fellow member of a profession)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cyd-weithwr noun (fellow member of a profession)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • קאָלעג noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • קאָלעגין noun (fellow member of a profession)
  • קאָלעגע noun (fellow member of a profession)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Go and speak to my colleague.

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My colleague doctored the report.

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I would like to travel abroad in company with my colleague.

Source: tatoeba (259718)

A colleague has every advantage over me.

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