seatmate
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈsiːtˌmeɪt/
- During the long flight, I enjoyed chatting with my seatmate about our travel plans.
- conversation with a seatmate
- airplane seatmate
- seatmate on your flight
Examples
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And my seatmate said, I've got a perfect name for that, the Republic of Tea.
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I did what I usually do and quickly, discreetly sized up my seatmate.
Blog text (14) -
-My seatmate asked me if he could brace my son and I said, "Yes."
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"Thank you," she tells her seatmate, and leans back, turning her head away.
Fiction book (2000) -
Annie turns back to the window, leaving the seatmate, who in any case doesn't speak English, completely mystified.
Fiction book (1993) -
His seatmate clicked off her screen and snapped shut her computer, which resembled a small bathroom scale.
Fiction book (2001) -
Landau nudges his seatmate, a depressed Albanian novelist.
Fiction book (1998) -
Now in his beautiful plaid polo coat, Hugh embraced Jennifer and Spear, then a woman who'd been his seatmate on the plane.
Fiction book (1999) -
I like to befriend my seatmates in case we crash so they're more inclined to pull me from the wreckage.
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My seatmate on the bus was really friendly and shared interesting stories about his city.
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who sits at the same table while you eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Seatmate is made of seat ('a place to sit') and mate ('a friend or companion'), like classmate or teammate. So a seatmate is simply the person who sits next to you on a plane, train, or in class.