Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A companion in play or recreation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A playfellow; a companion in play or amusement.
Wiktionary
- n. A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.
- n. A female who has appeared in Playboy magazine.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a companion at play
Examples
“Tadpole will love this angel baby – a built-in playmate for life.”
“But one quiet dog, without her playmate, is no trouble to anyone.”
“During the study, each of the 121 girls was taken into a room with a "playmate" -- a trained research associate in her 20s who had experience working with children.”
“Again, his playmate is a guest and should be treated as such.”
“And the playmate is the Reality, that makes it possible for the child to find delight in activities which do not inform or bring assistance but merely express.”
“She never called her playmate "Chris" in speaking to Miss Farringdon; for this latter regarded it as actually sinful to address people by any abbreviation of their baptismal names, just as she considered it positively immoral to partake of any nourishment between meals.”
“But the lad could not quite forget that his playmate was the Honorable Miss Bertha”
“I leave them together, Luly will soon make Fancy as crazy as she is herself, and I shall be mortified by having a niece who insists that her playmate is a mermaid.”
“Well, we discovered O 'curled up' in a corner of the front porch with his new 'playmate'.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘playmate’.
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Naked
Words relating to getting naked, being naked, the commonly naked, nakedness (partial or complete), and similar.
denude, strip, stripper, harlot, Cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, hooker, divest, unfrock, unclothe, disrobe and 115 more...
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Clapping games
When I was a kid, my friends and I would play these games that had specific rhymes and songs and patterns of clapping. Even now, all it takes for me to remember a whole song is just that first line...
Zing, zing, zing., Down, down, baby,..., Say, say, oh play..., Miss Mary Mack, M..., pat-a-cake, cellar door, playmate, dollies three, jolly friends, Liberace, roller coaster, piece of chewing gum and 2 more...
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happy words
Words that cheer you up, give you happy thoughts and feelings, or just put you in a positive state of mind.
magic, childhood, dawn, smile, kitten, drizzle, friend, beach, free, love, sweet, cozy and 20 more...
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♡LOVE and things like it♡
dedicated to my man Steven, without whom i would be addicted to drugs, lying in a gutter, hating myself, or hooking somewhere :)
affectionate, amative, amatory, amiable, ammophilous, amorous, ardent, attached to, attracted to, beloved, bewitching, bitten and 404 more...
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Mates
Mateship is integral to the Australian psyche. At least that's what they told this introvert.
flatmate, playmate, checkmate, best mate, soulmate, running mate, yerba maté
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