Synonyms for COLLEAGUE
ˈkɒl igcol·league

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1. colleaguenoun

   Synonyms:
   coworker, workmate

2. colleaguenoun

   A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate

   Synonyms:
   workmate, coworker

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1. colleague

   Colleague is used always in a good sense, associate and coadjutor generally so; ally, assistant, associate, attendant, companion, helper, either in a good or a bad sense; abetter, accessory, accomplice, confederate, almost always in a bad sense. Ally is oftenest used of national and military matters, or of some other connection regarded as great and important; as, allies of despotism. Colleague is applied to civil and ecclesiastical connections; members of Congress from the same State are colleagues, even though they may be bitter opponents politically and personally. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is near in rank to the Chief Justice. A surgeon's assistant is a physician or medical student who shares in the treatment and care of patients; a surgeon's attendant is one who rolls bandages and the like. Follower, henchman, retainer are persons especially devoted to a chief, and generally bound to him by necessity, fee, or reward. Partner has come to denote almost exclusively a business connection. In law, an abettor (the general legal spelling) is always present, either actively or constructively, at the commission of the crime; an accessory never. An accomplice is usually a principal; an accessory never. If present, though only to stand outside and keep watch against surprise, one is an abettor, and not an accessory. At common law, an accessory implies a principal, and can not be convicted until after the conviction of the principal; the accomplice or abettor can be convicted as a principal. Accomplice and abettor have nearly the same meaning, but the former is the popular, the latter more distinctively the legal term. Compare APPENDAGE; AUXILIARY.

   Synonyms:
   abetter, abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, coadjutor, companion, confederate, follower, helper, henchman, participator, partner, retainer

   Antonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, betrayer, chief, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, principal, rival

   Preposition:
   An accessory to the crime; before or after the fact; the accessories of a figure in a painting.

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1. colleague

   Synonyms:
   helper, companion, associate, ally, confederate, coadjutor, partner, assistant, adjutant, assessor

   Antonyms:
   co-opponent, corival, counteragent, co-antagonist, competitor, colluctator

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1. colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellownoun

   an associate that one works with

   Synonyms:
   fellow worker, confrere, colleague, co-worker, workfellow, fellow

2. colleague, confrere, fellownoun

   a person who is member of one's class or profession

   "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"

   Synonyms:
   bloke, co-worker, boyfriend, fellow worker, mate, lad, workfellow, feller, young man, blighter, gent, fellow, familiar, swain, cuss, fella, chap, beau, comrade, colleague, associate, buster, companion, dude, confrere

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1. • Associate

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1. mentee

   Submitted by acronimous on January 19, 2014  

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1. colleaguenoun

   Synonyms:
   associate (in some office, especially in that of a clergyman), coadjutor, co-operator, assistant, helper, alder, co-aid, partner, ally

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1. List of paraphrases for "colleague":

   fellow, co-worker, coworker, fellow-commissioner, mr, fellow-member, mrs, colleagues, ladies, counterpart, friend, companion, partner

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1. Rima Kamal:

   Since our colleague’s abduction, we mobilized all channels possible to secure her release, over the past five months, we have certainly had some leads. We are however unable to share or elaborate on these leads publically due to the sensitivity of any abduction case. What matters now is Nourane’s safe return to her family as soon as possible.

2. Robert Mardini:

   We are all in shock, hanna Lahoud was a young man full of life and was widely known and liked. Nothing can justify Hanna's murder and we are in deep mourning for our dear friend and colleague.

3. Thomas Massie:

   I believe I'm in order because you interrupted my colleague to talk about social distancing and masks and opened this session with a discussion about masks, we're sitting here in little chairs back herelike children doing the peoples' business while there are empty seats up there. Yet we all flew here, if you flew here, on airplanes, shoulder-to-shoulder.

4. Kathleen Goforth:

   He was who you wanted for a friend, a colleague and a neighbor.

5. Chris Coons:

   I want to compliment you, Assistant Secretary Cooper, on managing to achieve a rare moment of bipartisanship on this committee. I will tell Assistant Secretary Cooper it is not often that my colleague from Texas and I agree completely on a matter.