buddy system

noun

: an arrangement in which two individuals are paired (as for mutual safety in a hazardous situation)

Examples of buddy system in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Use a buddy system with your travel companions and watch each other for dizziness, nausea, muscle cramps and cool, clammy skin. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Trust and transparency are built through great onboarding and integration processes (for example, by pairing new board members with the longest-serving board members in a buddy system). — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

In addition, spacewalks, which require two astronauts using a buddy system, are ruled out. — William Harwood, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026

The district is now set to make changes, including adding a sibling buddy system, a bus seating chart, having students wear bus badges to identify them and more. — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for buddy system

• cryptosystem
• ecosystem
• intersystem
• multisystem
• photosystem
• subsystem