: one with whom one shares a seat (as in a vehicle with double or paired seats)
Example Sentences
My seatmate on the flight to Rome was very friendly.
Recent Examples on the WebLike a bad airline seatmate, the horse beside him reared up in a fuss. Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2022 Every flight has that chatty seatmate, snoring passenger, or crying baby. Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2022 Perhaps a snoring seatmate sounds like nails on a chalkboard to you? Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2022 But when Schereéya sat down in their seat -- the row in front of the red-sweatshirt-wearing stranger -- they were quickly distracted by their seatmate, who happened to be from Japan. Francesca Street, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022 Gone are the days when plane passengers raise an eyebrow at the seatmate who promptly wipes down surfaces and armrests with hand sanitizer. Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2022 Watch flawed leads Geng Geng, an awkward student, her seatmate, Yu Huai, a top student, and their crew grow in high school and beyond. L Tong, Wired, 15 Jan. 2022 Both he and Adele were photographed laughing and enjoying the game alongside their seatmate John Legend, and his son Miles. Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Jan. 2022 When the performance ended, the audience responded with what might best described as polite applause mingled with some not-so-polite booing that was loud enough to wake my seatmate.New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022 See More