childhood friend

noun

: a friend that a person had when both of them were children : a friend since childhood

We are childhood friends.

Examples of childhood friend in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Samson is sent to Berlin to bring out a double agent, then to Mexico to try to persuade a KGB major to defect, using his childhood friend's wife as bait. —Paul Vidich, People.com, 2 May 2025

Led by Christian’s childhood friend Justine (she’s played by Allison Robertson; her voice, with its proper British pinkie-up diction, is provided by Alison Wright), these kids make short work of solving every logistical puzzle Christian and Marybeth toss their way. —Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Apr. 2025

With childhood friend Ariana Biermann back in her life, things are about to get a lot spicier. —Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025

And Stack’s old flame is Mary (a saucy and unguarded Hailee Steinfeld), his white-passing childhood friend with Black ancestry that shows up in her relations, not her face, who is still pissed at Stack for ghosting her. —Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 18 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for childhood friend

• apprehend
• comprehend
• condescend
• dividend
• recommend
• resuspend
• amend
• append
• ascend
• attend
• backend
• befriend