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Synonyms for colleague
ˈkɒl igcol·league
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, retainerAntonyms:
adversary, antagonist, betrayer, chief, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, principal, rivalPreposition:
An accessory to the crime; before or after the fact; the accessories of a figure in a painting.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
colleague
Synonyms:
helper, companion, associate, ally, confederate, coadjutor, partner, assistant, adjutant, assessorAntonyms:
co-opponent, corival, counteragent, co-antagonist, competitor, colluctator
Princeton's WordNet
colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellownoun
an associate that one works with
Synonyms:
fellow worker, confrere, co-worker, workfellow, fellowcolleague, 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, associate, buster, companion, dude, confrere
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
colleaguenoun
Synonyms:
associate (in some office, especially in that of a clergyman), coadjutor, co-operator, assistant, helper, alder, co-aid, partner, ally
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "colleague":
fellow, co-worker, coworker, fellow-commissioner, mr, fellow-member, mrs, colleagues, ladies, counterpart, friend, companion, partner
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#503 | friend | |
#1479 | mr | |
#1557 | partner | |
#2318 | assistant | |
#2475 | associate | |
#2769 | ladies | |
#3868 | accessory | |
#4245 | fellow | |
#4263 | familiar | |
#5343 | mrs | |
#6282 | colleagues | |
#6294 | mate | |
#6838 | companion | |
#8538 | dude | |
#9666 | colleague | |
#10266 | boyfriend | |
#12931 | helper | |
#13251 | ally | |
#14609 | buster | |
#15162 | chap | |
#16121 | attendant | |
#16988 | lad | |
#17710 | confederate | |
#18090 | counterpart | |
#18238 | assessor | |
#18866 | beau | |
#25238 | gent | |
#29312 | follower | |
#29525 | retainer | |
#30368 | swain | |
#30674 | bloke | |
#32889 | comrade | |
#34199 | fella | |
#48448 | adjutant | |
#49152 | coworker | |
#50666 | feller | |
#51537 | accomplice | |
#53412 | cuss | |
#83246 | henchman | |
#169762 | coadjutor | |
#181210 | workmate | |
#238038 | participator | |
#265452 | abettor |
How to use colleague in a sentence?
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier:
It is Moscow's responsibility to identify common interests, we have seen too little of this so far. And the speech by my colleague (Russian foreign minister Sergei) Lavrov yesterday made no contribution to this.
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.
I’ve had multiple colleagues mugged at gunpoint, i’ve had a colleague stabbed on the way to work. Countless issues of burglary.
I mean you can't really see what the people look like, how are they reacting. You can't pick up something that your colleague said so easily. What is this colleague -- what does he or she think of what's going on. And when you're there in person it's a more human thing, and I'd say that's what it was : a big improvement today.
There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours.
Translations for colleague
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- زميلة, زميلArabic
- колега, колежкаBulgarian
- col·lega, companyCatalan, Valencian
- kolegaCzech
- kollegaDanish
- Kollege, Mitarbeiterin, Kollegin, MitarbeiterGerman
- compañero, colegaSpanish
- همکارPersian
- kollega, virkatoveri, virkaveliFinnish
- starvsfelagi, arbeiðsfelagiFaroese
- confrère, collègueFrench
- עמיתה, עמיתHebrew
- kartárs, kollégaHungarian
- գործընկերArmenian
- collegaItalian
- 同僚Japanese
- კოლეგაGeorgian
- 同僚, 동료, 동업자Korean
- collēgaLatin
- kolēģisLatvian
- колешка, колегаMacedonian
- kollegaNorwegian
- collegaDutch
- kollegaNorwegian Nynorsk
- kollegaNorwegian
- kolega, koleżankaPolish
- colegaPortuguese
- collavuratur, collavuraturaRomansh
- coleg, colegăRomanian
- сотрудник, сослуживец, коллега, сотрудницаRussian
- колега, kolegaSerbo-Croatian
- kolegyňa, kolegaSlovak
- arbetskamrat, kollega, medarbetareSwedish
- సహోద్యోగిTelugu
- çalışma arkadaşı, meslektaşTurkish
- سھاتھیUrdu
- đồng nghiệpVietnamese
- קאָלעגעYiddish
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