comrade

comrade

noun

Definition of COMRADE

1

a person frequently seen in the company of another <the boy, and two others who are known to be his comrades, are wanted for questioning by the police>

Synonyms cohort, companion, compatriot, compeer, comrade, crony, fellow, hobnobber, mate, running mate

Related Words colleague, coworker, equal, peer, workmate; accomplice, affiliate, ally, collaborator, confederate, half, partner; buddy, chum, confidant, familiar, friend, hearty, intimate, pal; countryman; classmate, housemate, messmate, playfellow, playmate, roommate, schoolmate, shipmate, teammate; attendant, escort; hanger-on, leech, parasite

2

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another <we expect to be comrades for the rest of our lives>

Synonyms alter ego, amigo, buddy, chum, compadre, comrade, confidant, confidante, crony, familiar, intimate, mate [chiefly British], musketeer, pal

Related Words acquaintance; associate, cohort, colleague, companion, fellow, hearty, hobnobber, partner, peer, sport; blood brother, brother, main man, sister; abettor (also abetter), accomplice, ally, collaborator, confederate; pen pal; benefactor, supporter, sympathizer, well-wisher; friendly

Near Antonyms adversary, antagonist, competitor, opponent, rival; archenemy, nemesis

Antonyms enemy, foe

3

an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state <a novel about an aging comrade's eventual disenchantment with communism and its excesses>

Synonyms commie, comrade, Red, socialist

Related Words leftist, lefty, pink, pinko, social democrat; Bolshevik, Leninist, Leninite, Maoist, Marxist, Stalinist, Trotskyist, Trotskyite; extremist, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist

Antonyms capitalist