Noun
mate -
informal term for a friend of the same sex
friend a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
commonwealth of australia ,
australia a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
britain ,
u.k. ,
uk ,
united kingdom ,
united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland ,
great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
mate -
the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates" ; "camels hate leaving their mates"
animal ,
animate being ,
beast ,
brute ,
fauna ,
creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
mate -
one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe" ; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
fellow
singleton the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
mate -
South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
mate -
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
first mate
mate -
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
Paraguay tea ,
Ilex paraguariensis
mate -
a person's partner in marriage
spouse ,
partner ,
married person ,
better half
relative ,
relation an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
domestic partner ,
significant other ,
spousal equivalent ,
spouse equivalent a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship
man and wife ,
married couple ,
marriage the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel"
bigamist someone who marries one person while already legally married to another
consort the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
helpmate ,
helpmeet a helpful partner
hubby ,
husband ,
married man a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
monogamist ,
monogynist someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)
honeymooner ,
newlywed someone recently married
polygamist someone who is married to two or more people at the same time
mate -
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
checkmate
chess move the act of moving a chess piece
mate -
an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
match
duplicate ,
duplication a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"
mate -
a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
teammate
