crewmate

noun

crew·​mate ˈkrü-ˌmāt How to pronounce crewmate (audio)
Synonyms of crewmatenext
: a fellow crewman

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Our hearts are with their families, friends, crewmates and everyone impacted by this tragedy. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 July 2026 But the actor is at his most manically animated with the sorceress Circe (Samantha Morton), who has food that Eurylochus’s starving crewmates need. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 July 2026 But in that old Hollywood tradition, not everything goes to plan on the surface, and by the time Cooper and Brand escape Gargantua's influence — minus their late crewmate Doyle (Wes Bentley) — decades have passed on Earth. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 19 July 2026 On Monday, the day before launch, Menon and his two Russian crewmates held a final, ceremonial meeting with well-wishers at the Cosmonaut Hotel. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crewmate was in 1938

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“Crewmate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crewmate. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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