camaraderie

noun

ca·​ma·​ra·​de·​rie ˌkäm-ˈrä-d(ə-)rē 

ˌkam-, 

ˌkä-mə-, 

ˌka-, 

-ˈra-

: a feeling of friendliness, goodwill, and familiarity among the people in a group

The camaraderie among the players, the closeness, was deep and abiding and tender …

—Ross Gay

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Get Friendly With the History of Camaraderie

Camaraderie comes from French camarade, which is also the source of English's comrade, meaning "friend or associate." Camarade means "roommate," "companion," or "a group sleeping in one room." It is related to Latin camera, meaning "chamber."

Synonyms of camaraderie

• brotherhood
• community
• friendship
• comradeship
• fellowship
• company
• generosity
• companionship
• society
• intimacy

Examples of camaraderie in a Sentence

It is about the camaraderie of troops bound for Vietnam who, as their leader warns, have one another and nothing but one another when they fall into hell. —Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic, 25 Mar. 2002

… men on the sunny side of middle age, physical, competitive, used to the quick camaraderie of the team, be it a firefighting squad or a trading desk. —Robert Lipsyte, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2002

Except for occasional bursts of camaraderie, which came like thunderstorms, we were never close. —W. P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe, 1982

The best of adolescence was the intense male friendships—not only because of the cozy feelings of camaraderie they afforded … but because of the opportunity they provided for uncensored talk. —Philip Roth, Reading Myself and Others, 1975

There is great camaraderie among the teammates.

They have developed a real camaraderie after working together for so long.

Recent Examples on the Web

Even without the Spectre, these drives are clearly powerful grin generators that amp up the camaraderie already intrinsic to car culture—doing so one scenic and amenity-laden leg at a time. — Iain MacAuley, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026

This dynamic complements the friendly camaraderie between Maki and Omura, the former of whom is a bubbly girl and the latter a more laidback, blue-skinned male humanoid with horns. — George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Along with a brief moment of tenderness Sara experiences with her class’s resident dork, this feminine camaraderie makes for a nugget of niceness in a sea of despair. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026

But life on an island also inspires a scrappy, home-town camaraderie. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

French, from camarade comrade

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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Kids Definition

camaraderie

noun

ca·​ma·​ra·​de·​rie ˌkäm-(ə-)ˈräd-ə-rē 

kam-(ə-)ˈrad-

: good feeling existing between comrades