Definition of camaraderie
: a spirit of friendly good-fellowship
Updated on: 19 Apr 2018
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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 of camaraderie from the Web
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There is even a sense of camaraderie with the opponents.
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Some simply love the camaraderie and mental focus required.
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The women share an easy camaraderie that’s fueled by the pace of play.
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The camaraderie has kept Maguire going strong for nearly six decades.
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Shaw, 40, and Andrade, 28, especially enjoy the camaraderie of sharing their collection with other collectors.
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There’s a lot of camaraderie in the Boston food scene.
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But now their camaraderie seems stronger than ever.
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Cooking at the table adds to the fun of the meal, making for instant camaraderie and cooperation – unless, of course, your companions are battling for the last slice of short rib.
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Get Friendly With the History of camaraderie
Camaraderie made its first appearance in English in the middle of the 19th century. It comes from camarade, the French word whose Middle French ancestor was also the source for our word comrade. In Middle French, camarade was used to mean "roommate," "companion," or "a group sleeping in one room." It derived by way of Old Spanish from the Late Latin camera, or camara, meaning "chamber." We also have the word comradery, which means the same thing as camaraderie but did not take the same etymological route as its synonym. That word, formed by attaching the -ry suffix (as found in wizardry and citizenry) to comrade, didn't appear in English until almost 40 years after camaraderie.
Origin and Etymology of camaraderie
camaraderie Synonyms
Synonyms
brotherhood, community, companionship, company, comradery, comradeship, fellowship, society;
Near Antonyms
Related Words
amity, benevolence, cordiality, friendliness, friendship, goodwill, kindliness;
civility, comity, concord, harmony, rapport;
affinity, compassion, empathy, sympathy;
chumminess, familiarity, inseparability, intimacy, nearness;
CAMARADERIE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of camaraderie for English Language Learners
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: a feeling of good friendship among the people in a group
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