1. (noun) mate, first mate
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
Synonyms: fellow, teammate, married person, spouse, partner, better half, checkmate, first mate, match, mate
2. (noun) teammate, mate
a fellow member of a team
Synonyms: fellow, teammate, married person, spouse, partner, better half, checkmate, first mate, match, mate
3. (noun) mate
the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
Synonyms: fellow, teammate, married person, spouse, partner, better half, checkmate, first mate, match
4. (noun) spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half
a person's partner in marriage
Synonyms: fellow, cooperator, teammate, married person, spouse, partner, better half, checkmate, first mate, collaborator, pardner, match, mate
5. (noun) match, mate
an exact duplicate
Synonyms: lucifer, compeer, better half, teammate, partner, checkmate, equal, fellow, friction match, match, mates, mate, first mate, couple, peer, spouse, catch, married person
6. (noun) mate, fellow
one of a pair
Synonyms: bloke, colleague, boyfriend, feller, confrere, lad, better half, teammate, partner, beau, checkmate, mate, young man, blighter, gent, fellow, spouse, familiar, match, cuss, swain, chap, comrade, first mate, associate, buster, companion, dude, fella, married person
7. (noun) mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
Synonyms: fellow, teammate, married person, spouse, partner, better half, checkmate, first mate, match, mate
8. (noun) mate
informal term for a friend of the same sex
Synonyms: fellow, teammate, married person, spouse, partner, better half, checkmate, first mate, match
9. (noun) mate
South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
Synonyms: fellow, teammate, married person, spouse, partner, better half, checkmate, first mate, match
10. (verb) checkmate, mate
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
Synonyms: fellow, teammate, married person, spouse, partner, better half, checkmate, first mate, match, mate
11. (verb) copulate, mate, pair, couple
engage in sexual intercourse
Synonyms: partner off, pair, checkmate, twin, couple, couple on, copulate, match, geminate, mate, pair off, couple up
12. (verb) match, mate, couple, pair, twin
bring two objects, ideas, or people together
Synonyms: fit, parallel, match, play off, touch, duplicate, gibe, equate, copulate, pair, couple on, checkmate, meet, agree, partner off, equal, check, pit, equalize, cope with, tally, rival, geminate, mate, pair off, couple, correspond, equalise, couple up, oppose, twin, jibe
13. (verb) checkmate, mate
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
Synonyms: pair, checkmate, copulate, match, twin, couple, mate
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Synonyms and Antonyms of mate 
