CREWMATE Synonyms: 9 Similar and Opposite Words

crewmate

noun

Definition of crewmate

as in crew

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Recent Examples of crewmate At 17, Gilder joined more than a dozen of her women’s crewmates in protesting Yale’s treatment of women athletes. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 June 2026 Maintaining an appropriate level of engagement with the spacecraft, with the control team, and with your crewmates. — David W. Brown, New Yorker, 24 May 2026 Chris Ferguson, who flew as the pilot of Tanner’s last mission, STS-115, and who was inducted in 2022, honored his former crewmate similarly. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026 My crewmates seemed surprised to get this kind of pushback from within the Mars Society. — Elena Saavedra Buckley, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crewmate

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Bravata says none of the cameras or the crew for the photoshoot were from the show.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
As with all Kimpton properties, the crew puts out complimentary coffee in the morning for guests and hosts a free nightly wine hour.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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Gregory served as a crewman on the Wizard, owned and operated by Keith, from 2018 to 2022.

— Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
The acclaimed author of The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf brings erudition and flair to Forster’s peripatetic career as teenaged crewman on Captain Cook’s global voyage.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

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