Definition of mates

"mates" in the noun sense

1. mate, first mate

the officer below the master on a commercial ship

"a married couple from Chicago"

2. teammate, mate

a fellow member of a team

"it was his first start against his former teammates"

3. mate

the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner

"he loved the mare and all her mates"

"camels hate leaving their mates"

4. spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half

a person's partner in marriage

5. match, mate

an exact duplicate

"when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"

6. mate, fellow

one of a pair

"he lost the mate to his shoe"

"one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"

7. mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis

South American holly leaves used in making a drink like tea

8. mate

informal term for a friend of the same sex

9. mate

South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

10. checkmate, mate

a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

"mates" in the verb sense

1. copulate, mate, pair, couple

engage in sexual intercourse

"Birds mate in the Spring"

2. match, mate, couple, pair, twin

bring two objects, ideas, or people together

"This fact is coupled to the other one"

"Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"

"The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"

3. checkmate, mate

place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

"Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

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Quotations for mates

Clemency alone mates us equal to the gods. [ Claudianus ]

mates in Scrabble®

The word mates is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters mates:

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mates in Words With Friends™

The word mates is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters mates:

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MEATS
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Word Growth involving mates

Shorter words in mates

at ate mate

at mat mate

ma mat mate

Longer words containing mates

amalgamates reamalgamates

animates disanimates

animates reanimates

approximates overapproximates

approximates reapproximates

approximates underapproximates

automates

bandmates

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carbamates methylcarbamates

carbamates thiocarbamates

cellmates

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checkmates

chromates bichromates

chromates chlorochromates

chromates dichromates

chromates iodochromates

chromates monochromates

chromates pyrochromates

classmates

climates acclimates reacclimates

climates ecoclimates

climates macroclimates

climates microclimates

climates palaeoclimates

climates paleoclimates

coelomates acoelomates

coelomates pseudocoelomates

collimates autocollimates

couchmates

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cyanformates

cyclamates

cyclohexylsulfamates

decimates

demates

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despumates

estimates disestimates

estimates guestimates

estimates macroestimates

estimates microestimates

estimates misestimates

estimates overestimates

estimates reestimates preestimates

estimates underestimates

flatmates

glutamates monoglutamates

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guesstimates

helpmates

housemates

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intimates

jailmates

legitimates illegitimates

legitimates nonlegitimates

littermates

messmates

mismates

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outmates

penultimates antepenultimates

playmates

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racemates

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roommates

schoolmates

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shipmates midshipmates

soulmates

squamates desquamates

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stomates ostomates

sublimates resublimates

summates consummates

tablemates stablemates

teammates

tentmates

unmates

wolframates

workmates

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