friend
/frˈɛnd/
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Definitions
Noun
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
Noun
an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he''s a good ally in fight"
Noun
a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
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"
Noun
a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
More General Terms
advocate
advocator
associate
Christian
exponent
individual
mortal
person
proponent
somebody
someone
soul
More Specific Terms
alter ego
amigo
anglophil
anglophile
associate
believer
best friend
blood brother
Boswell
brother
buddy
bunkmate
campmate
cheerleader
chum
class fellow
classmate
companion
comrade
Confederate
confidant
connection
corporatist
crony
end man
endorser
enthusiast
familiar
fellow
flatmate
Francophil
Francophile
free trader
functionalist
girlfriend
Graecophile
homeboy
indorser
intimate
Jacobite
light
loyalist
mainstay
maintainer
mate
messmate
New Dealer
pal
partisan
partizan
philhellene
philhellenist
pickup
pillar
ratifier
roomie
roommate
roomy
Roundhead
schoolfellow
schoolfriend
schoolmate
seconder
Shavian
sidekick
stalwart
subscriber
sustainer
sympathiser
sympathizer
toaster
truster
upholder
verifier
voucher
wassailer
well-wisher
Whig