Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seatmate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: seat-mate
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who shares a seat (such as a bench or other surface that seats more than one).

noun

One who sits next to another.

Example Sentences

"My seatmate on the airplane snored incessantly."
"The Buzzis' older son, Rocco, and I had been high school buddies, then roommates at BU, seatmates at Sox games."
"Last month, the cryptographer and coder known as Moxie Marlinspike was getting settled on an airplane when his seatmate, a Midwestern-looking man in his sixties, asked for help."
"Several years ago, I was sitting on a flight to San Francisco, when my seatmate, a man a little older than me, struck up a conversation. Perhaps you hate it when that happens; I love it."

Etymology

From seat + -mate.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: seat

Inflected Forms

seatmates (plural)

Questions

What does seatmate mean?: One who shares a seat (such as a bench or other surface that seats more than one).
Where does seatmate come from?: From seat + -mate.

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