colleague

n.
A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate. See synonyms at partner.

[French collègue, from Latin collēga : com-, com- + lēgāre, to depute.]

colleagueship col'league·ship' n.

Fellow member of a profession, association, occupation, or organization. Colleagues are important for mutual consultations and discussion as well as for friendship. The basis of being one's colleague is respect for one's position and training.

noun

1. One that is very similar to another in rank or position: coequal, compeer, equal, equivalent, fellow, peer. See same/different/compare.
2. One who is united in a relationship with another: affiliate, ally, associate, cohort, confederate, copartner, fellow, partner. See connect.

n

Definition: associate, fellow worker
Antonyms: antagonist, detractor, enemy, opponent, opposer

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IN BRIEF: A person who works in the same office in the same profession.

My colleague has many great ideas that I can use as well.

Common misspelling(s) of colleague

• collegue

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kollega, medarbejder

Nederlands (Dutch)
collega

Français (French)
n. - collègue, confrère, cons¯ur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kollege, Amtskollege, Fachkollege

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνάδελφος

Italiano (Italian)
collega

Português (Portuguese)
n. - colega

Русский (Russian)
коллега, сотрудник

Español (Spanish)
n. - colega

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kollega, arbetskamrat

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
同事, 同僚

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 同事, 同僚

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 동료

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 同僚, 同業者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زميل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עמית‬

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