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Synonyms of MATES

Valid in Scrabble US · 7 points

MATES: definition and more

45 synonyms in 16 meanings 36 playable in Scrabble US

Synonyms of MATES by meaning

noun

  1. a pair of people who live together

  2. the officer below the master on a commercial ship

    Also: first mate.

  3. a fellow member of a team

  4. the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

  5. a person's partner in marriage

    Also: married person, better half.

  6. an exact duplicate

  7. one of a pair

  8. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

    Also: paraguay tea, ilex paraguariensis.

  9. informal term for a friend of the same sex

  10. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

  11. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

verb

  1. engage in sexual intercourse

  2. bring two objects, ideas, or people together

  3. place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

  4. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

  5. change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

    Also: felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up.