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/ˈkɒliːɡ/ · noun
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate..
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.[…]Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. Dr Yoshimoto and his colleagues would like to add liver cancer to that list.
Young Fortinbras, Holding a weak supposal of our worth ...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage, ...hath not failed to pester us with message Importing the surrender of those lands Lost by his father. - Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)
Use colleague when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Colleague means A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate..
Common synonyms include coworker, workmate, confrère, fellow.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.[…]Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. Dr Yoshimoto and his colleagues would like to add liver cancer to that list.
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