colleague: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 12 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of colleague
noun
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
Listed forms: colleagues.
Source: Wiktionary — colleague.
verb
- transitive
To unite or associate with another or with others.
Listed forms: colleagues, colleaguing, colleagued.
Source: Wiktionary — colleague.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for colleague.
noun
an associate that one works with
- co-worker
- fellow worker
- workfellow
noun
a person who is member of one's class or profession
- confrere
- fellow
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is colleague in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of colleague
C(3) + O(1) + L(1) + L(1) + E(1) + A(1) + G(2) + U(1) + E(1) = 12 points.
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Anagrams of colleague
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from colleague
81 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in colleague. Showing up to 24, longest first.