mates

Meanings

• a pair of people who live together
• the officer below the master on a commercial ship
• a fellow member of a team
  • "it was his first start against his former teammates"
• the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
  • "he loved the mare and all her mates"
  • "camels hate leaving their mates"
• a person's partner in marriage
• an exact duplicate
• one of a pair
• South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
• informal term for a friend of the same sex
• South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
• a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
• engage in sexual intercourse
• bring two objects, ideas, or people together
• place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
• change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

Synonyms

better half, checkmate, copulate, couple, entangle, fellow, felt, felt up, first mate, Ilex paraguariensis, married person, mat, mat up, match, mate, matt-up, matte, matte up, pair, Paraguay tea, partner, snarl, spouse, tangle, teammate, twin