Home › Words › C › coursematecoursematecoursemate means one who is taking the same academic course.EtymologyFrom course + mate.nounOne who is taking the same academic course.e.g.“I went drinking with some of my coursemates after the last lecture of the term.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.collegemate 75% match — A person from the same college. vs coursemate →classmate 68% match — A student who is in the same class at school. vs coursemate →batchmate 67% match — classmate vs coursemate →clubmate 66% match — A person who is in the same club as another person. vs coursemate →schoolmate 65% match — A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school. vs coursemate →cupmate 65% match — A fellow drinker; one who accompanies another person in drinking alcohol. vs coursemate →cohortmate 65% match — A fellow member of a cohort. vs coursemate →dormmate 63% match — One who shares the same dorm. vs coursemate →