Synonyms of mates

1. couple, mates, match, family, family unit: usage: a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"

1. couple, mates, match, family, family unit: usage: the officer below the master on a commercial ship
2. mate, first mate, officer, ship's officer: usage: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
3. teammate, mate, associate: usage: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
4. mate, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna: usage: a person's partner in marriage
5. spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half, relative, relation, domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent: usage: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
6. match, mate, duplicate, duplication: usage: one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
7. mate, fellow, singleton: usage: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
8. mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis, holly: usage: informal term for a friend of the same sex
9. mate, friend: usage: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
10. mate, beverage, drink, drinkable, potable: usage: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

1. copulate, mate, pair, couple, join, conjoin: usage: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
2. match, mate, couple, pair, twin, join, bring together: usage: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
3. checkmate, mate, beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish: usage: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"