colleague
- noun
- B2
- Top 3000
a person who works with you, in the same place or in the same kind of work
I asked a colleague to cover my shift on Friday.
My colleagues bought me flowers on my last working day.
She still keeps in touch with former colleagues from her first job.
A colleague of mine speaks four languages and translates our contracts.
Common collocations: a colleague of mine · former colleague · close colleague · senior colleague · work with colleagues · fellow colleagues
Part of: The office, Jobs, Relationships
Forms
- plural
- colleagues