Your colleagues are the people you work with, especially in a professional job. A colleague urged him to see a psychiatrist, but Faulkner refused. someone you work with, used especially by professional people (collègue, from collega, from com- ( COM-) + legare )
a person who is member of your class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers" an associate you work with
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate