Definition of mate

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• mate is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• mate is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• mate is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of mate

• the officer below the master on a commercial ship (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. first mate
• a person's partner in marriage (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. better half
  2. married person
  3. partner
  4. spouse
• a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. checkmate
• one of a pair (noun)

  Examples

  1. he lost the mate to his shoe

  Synonyms

  1. fellow
• South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. ilex paraguariensis
  2. paraguay tea
• place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game (verb)

  Examples

  1. Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves

  Synonyms

  1. checkmate
• a fellow member of a team (noun)

  Examples

  1. it was his first start against his former teammates

  Synonyms

  1. teammate
• engage in sexual intercourse (verb)

  Examples

  1. Birds mate in the Spring

  Synonyms

  1. copulate
  2. couple
  3. pair
• bring two objects, ideas, or people together (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. couple
  2. match
  3. pair
  4. twin
• an exact duplicate (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. match
• informal term for a friend of the same sex (noun)
• South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate (noun)
• the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he loved the mare and all her mates
  2. camels hate leaving their mates

See definition of mate in Merriam Webster