mate

mate is a 4-letter English word with 25 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 25 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.
2. noun. Same as Checkmate.
3. adjective. See 2d Mat.
4. transitive verb. To confuse; to confound.
5. transitive verb. To checkmate.
6. noun. One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.
7. noun. Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.
8. noun. A suitable companion; a match; an equal.
9. noun. An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.
10. transitive verb. To match; to marry.
11. transitive verb. To match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.
12. intransitive verb. To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one.
13. noun. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

    Synonyms: checkmate

14. noun. an exact duplicate

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

    Synonyms: match

15. noun. South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
16. noun. the officer below the master on a commercial ship
17. noun. informal term for a friend of the same sex
18. noun. the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

    "he loved the mare and all her mates"

    "camels hate leaving their mates"

19. noun. a person's partner in marriage

    Synonyms: partner, spouse

20. noun. a fellow member of a team

    "it was his first start against his former teammates"

    Synonyms: teammate

21. noun. South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
22. noun. one of a pair

    "he lost the mate to his shoe"

    "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"

    Synonyms: fellow

23. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: checkmate

24. verb. 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?"

    Synonyms: couple, match, pair, twin

25. verb. engage in sexual intercourse

    "Birds mate in the Spring"

    Synonyms: copulate, couple, pair

Synonyms

checkmate, match, partner, spouse, teammate, fellow, couple, pair, twin, copulate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in mate:

meat, meta, tame, team, tema

Common word forms

mated, mater, mates, mately, mating, mateless

Words from these letters

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