friend
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(noun) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university" |
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Related Words: Damon and Pythias, alter ego, associate, best friend, brother, buddy, chum, companion, comrade, confidant, crony, familiar, fellow, flatmate, girlfriend, human, individual, intimate, light, mate, mortal, pal, person, roommate, schoolfriend, sidekick, somebody, someone, soul |
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(noun) a member of the Religious Society of Friends |
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Synonyms: Quaker |
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Related Words: Protestant, Quakeress |
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(noun) a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" |
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Synonyms: acquaintance |
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Related Words: bunkmate, campmate, class fellow, classmate, connection, end man, human, individual, messmate, mortal, person, pickup, schoolfellow, schoolmate, somebody, someone, soul |
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(noun) an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers" |
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Synonyms: ally, confederate |
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Related Words: associate, blood brother |
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Antonyms: foe |
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(noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" |
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Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter |
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Related Words: Cavalier, Confederate, Francophil, Francophile, Graecophile, Jacobite, Roundhead, Shavian, Whig, advocate, anglophil, anglophile, believer, convert, endorser, enthusiast, exponent, free trader, functionalist, loyalist, mainstay, partisan, partizan, philhellene, philhellinist, pillar, proponent, ratifier, seconder, stalwart, subscriber, sympathizer, well-wisher |
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