bestie

noun

best·​ie ˈbe-stē 

informal

: best friend

The holiday was a present from my bestie to celebrate my 32nd birthday …

—Helena McAlpine

Examples of bestie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those pals include her first friend, Tatum (Chloë Sevigny); her college bestie, Dru-Ann (Regina Hall); her mom friend, Brooke (D’Arcy Carden); and new pal Gigi (Gemma Chan). — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Crestfallen, Gail heads to Los Angeles with her bestie coworker Otto (Miles Gutierrez-Riley) for a hairdressers’ conference. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026

Dru-Ann, her college bestie, also has to come, even though the ex-athlete and current sports agent is in the process of getting cancelled for repeatedly calling her young clients lazy. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026

Noted former Swift bestie Jaime King was among the more notable no-show’s at the singer’s wedding to footballer Travis Kelce, which took place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on July 3. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bestie

• arrestee
• contestee
• testy

Kids Definition

bestie

noun

best·​ie ˈbe-stē 

informal

: best friend