Mate

//meɪt//

Synonyms for "mate" (452 found)

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Closest matches (91)

Strong matches (135)

Noun(24 words)

chuck chum cobber cock cocker compadre companion comrade concubine cove crony dawg duck dude fam fere fettler first mate friend g

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geez geezer gink good old boy

chum classmate close copy close match clubmate co-worker coequal cognate cohabit cohort colleague comate come together commander commit adultery companion companion piece company compeer complement

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Verb(40 words)

cohabit company crack dance dick down dip one's pen in someone's inkwell discuss uganda do it do the deed do the nasty do what one does eff engage in sex engender exchange flesh expletive deleted frack frak frick frig

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Related words (226)

gossip have sex have sexual intercourse have sexual relations helpmate helpmeet hitch hubby husband icon idol image intermarry interwed intimate jailmate join kindred spirit lay lie with

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like likeness link up living image living picture make it with make love make out marry master messmate miniature mirroring miscegenate model mount mush naval officer navigating officer navigator near duplicate obverse od officer old crony opposite number pair off pal parallel pard pardner patron peer pendant pewmate photograph picture pipes playfellow playmate portrait procreate quartermaster reciprocal reflection remarry resemblance rewed rival roommate rubbing sailing master schoolfellow schoolmate screw second mate second self secret partner semblance serve service shadow shelfmate shipmaster shipmate shopmate side partner sidekick sidekicker silent partner similitude simulacrum sir sister skipper sleep with sleeping partner soul mate span special partner spit and image spitting image splice stalemate such suchlike synchronize tablemate take to wife tally team team up tentmate the like of the likes of the old man tie trace tracing twin unite very image very picture watch officer watchmate waymate wed wife wive workfellow yoke yokefellow yokemate

Verb(59 words)

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Noun(33 words)

guv homeskillet homie hookup ilex paraguariensis kith love lover married person marrow match matey mucker mush notch on one's bedpost old bean pal paraguay tea pardner partner

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peeps salty dog sex partner sexual partner shag sport spouse surry teammate tovarish wack wantok woadie

Proper Noun(1 words)

john

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

33 entries

animal animate being associate beast beat beat out beverage brute chess move conjoin creature crush domestic partner drink drinkable duplicate

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More specific

115 entries

Claymate Lolli's mate aerographer's mate bandmate batchmate battery mate bedmate birthmate blockmate boat mate boatswain's mate bookmate boothmate brinkmate bunkermate bunkmate

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Antonyms

1 entries

demate

Synonyms

14 entries

buddy checkmate copulate couple fellow fere first mate friend match pair partner sir spouse teammate

dbpedia genre

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desktop environment

derived

41 entries

Arabian mate Billy no mates Blind Swine Mate Boden's mate Cozio's mate David and Goliath mate Johnny no mates Nigel no mates Norman no mates amate back-rank mate breakfast-mate check and mate checkmate epaulet mate epaulette mate

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

co meat

form of

1 entries

maté

has context

7 entries

aerospace australia british chess nautical new zealand united kingdom

is a

6 entries

animal beverage friend holly officer software

related to

77 entries

aircraft animal animal partner animal spouse apprentice arrange assistant aussie aussie saying australian australian friend breed breeding britain captain captain helper

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similar

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match

Translations

198 translations across 40 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ὀχεύω verb (copulate)
ὀχεύω verb (pair in order to raise offspring)

Arabic

1 entries

صَدِيق noun (friend — see also friend)

Bulgarian

4 entries

другар noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))
помощник-капитан noun (nautical: ship's officer on commercial vessel)
матирам verb (to put an opponent in checkmate)
съвокуплявам се verb (copulate)

Burmese

1 entries

မိတ် noun (friend — see also friend)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

朋友 noun (friend — see also friend)
死黨 /死党 noun (friend — see also friend)
老友 noun (friend — see also friend)
老死 noun (friend — see also friend)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

夥計 /伙计 noun (friend — see also friend)
朋友 noun (friend — see also friend)
老兄 noun (friend — see also friend)
交尾 verb (copulate)

Czech

1 entries

dát šachmat verb (to put an opponent in checkmate)

Dutch

4 entries

gabber noun (friend — see also friend)
gast noun (trade assistant)
gezel noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)
kameraad noun (friend — see also friend)

Finnish

4 entries

apumies noun (trade assistant)
kaveri noun (friend — see also friend)
kumppani noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)
matruusi noun (nautical: NCO or his subordinate in naval ranks)

French

3 entries

camarade noun (friend — see also friend)
copain noun (friend — see also friend)
s'accoupler verb (copulate)

Georgian

2 entries

ამხანაგი noun (friend — see also friend)
მეგობარი noun (friend — see also friend)

German

4 entries

Freund noun (friend — see also friend)
Gegenstück noun (other member of a pair)
Kollege noun (friend — see also friend)
Kollege noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))

Greek

4 entries

συνάδελφος noun (trade assistant)
συνάδελφος noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))
συνέταιρος noun (trade assistant)
συνεργάτης noun (trade assistant)

Hindi

4 entries

बंधु noun (friend — see also friend)
मित्र noun (friend — see also friend)
सखा noun (friend — see also friend)
सहवासी noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)

Hungarian

4 entries

altiszt noun (nautical: NCO or his subordinate in naval ranks)
cimbora noun (friend — see also friend)
első tiszt noun (nautical: ship's officer on commercial vessel)
haver noun (friend — see also friend)

Icelandic

1 entries

maka noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)

Irish

3 entries

comrádaí noun (friend — see also friend)
céile noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)
leathéan noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)

Italian

4 entries

affiliato noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))
aiutante noun (trade assistant)
amico noun (friend — see also friend)
assistente noun (trade assistant)

Japanese

2 entries

友達 noun (friend — see also friend)
相手 noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

āchīe-íe verb (copulate)

Korean

1 entries

동무 noun (friend — see also friend)

Latin

1 entries

coeō verb (copulate)

Malay

3 entries

pasangan noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)
awan verb (copulate)
awankan verb (pair in order to raise offspring)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഇണ noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)

Middle English

4 entries

macche noun (other member of a pair)
macche noun (other member of a pair)
make noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)
make noun (other member of a pair)

Māori

3 entries

e hoa noun (friend — see also friend)
mete noun (nautical: ship's officer on commercial vessel)
mete noun (nautical: NCO or his subordinate in naval ranks)

Nepali

1 entries

चिक्नु verb (copulate)

Old English

1 entries

ġemaca noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

آیاقداش noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))
اش noun (other member of a pair)
حریف noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))
رفیق noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))

Persian

1 entries

رفیق noun (friend — see also friend)

Polish

3 entries

kopulować verb (copulate)
spółkować verb (copulate)
współżyć verb (copulate)

Portuguese

4 entries

camarada noun (friend — see also friend)
cara noun (friend — see also friend)
chapa noun (friend — see also friend)
colega noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))

Russian

4 entries

друг noun (friend — see also friend)
напа́рник noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))
напа́рница noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))
па́ра noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)

Sanskrit

1 entries

यभति verb (copulate)

Spanish

4 entries

colega noun (friend — see also friend)
compañero noun (other member of a pair)
compañero noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))
mano noun (friend — see also friend)

Swedish

1 entries

para sig verb (copulate)

Turkish

3 entries

kanka noun (friend — see also friend)
kardeş noun (friend — see also friend)
çift noun (other member of a pair)

Welsh

4 entries

mêt noun (nautical: ship's officer on commercial vessel)
mêt noun (friend — see also friend)
mêt noun (fellow, associate, colleague (in combination))
mêts noun (nautical: ship's officer on commercial vessel)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

láakʼ noun (friend — see also friend)

Zazaki

1 entries

çıt noun (of breeding animal: sexual partner)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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Where is the mate to this sock?

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We can conjecture that it may be advantageous for a particular bird to be known to its neighbors or its mate.

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If you mate a horse with an ass you will get a mule.

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He was dropped because of his running mate.

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