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comate

co·mate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [koh-meyt]
    • /koʊˈmeɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [koh-meyt]
    • /koʊˈmeɪt/

Definitions of comate word

  • adjective comate having tufts of hair 3
  • adjective comate having or relating to a coma 3
  • adjective comate hairy or tufted 3
  • noun comate a mate or companion. 1
  • adjective comate Botany. having a coma. 1
  • adjective comate hairy; tufted. 1

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Origin of comate

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; co- + mate1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Comate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

comate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

comate usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for comate

noun comate

  • colleague — Your colleagues are the people you work with, especially in a professional job.
  • crony — You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them.
  • comrade — Your comrades are your friends, especially friends that you share a difficult or dangerous situation with.
  • buddy — A buddy is a close friend, usually a male friend of a man.
  • associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.

Antonyms for comate

noun comate

  • antagonist — Your antagonist is your opponent or enemy.
  • opponent — a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
  • foe — a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
  • foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
  • stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.

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