Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schoolfellow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schoolfel-low
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.

Example Sentences

"My brothers were considerably younger than myself; but I had a friend in one of my schoolfellows, who compensated for this deficiency."
"“You listened to what your two schoolfellows were saying about you.”"

Etymology

From school + fellow.

Inflected Forms

schoolfellows (plural)

Synonyms

schoolmate classmate class fellow

Questions

What does schoolfellow mean?: Synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
Where does schoolfellow come from?: From school + fellow.

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