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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| friend | / | Noun, Noun | 
| best friend | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| buddy | /x | Noun | 
| amigo | x/x | Noun | 
| friend at court | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| fellow | /x | Noun | 
| family friend | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| companion | x/x | Noun | 
| comrade | /x | Noun | 
| old boy | // | Name, Name | 
| pen pal | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| stranger | /x | Noun | 
| regular | /xx | Adjective | 
| cohort | /x | Noun | 
| good old boy | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| alter ego | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| crony | /x | Noun | 
| fellow man | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| old soldier | //x | Name, Name | 
| old man | // | Name, Name | 
| classmate | /x | Noun | 
| acquaintance | x/x | Noun | 
| associate | x/xx | Noun | 
| nodding acquaintance | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| boon companion | /x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| peer | / | Noun | 
| day one | // | Phrase, Noun, Adverb | 
| someone | /x | Noun | 
| colleague | /x | Noun | 
| coworker | //x | Noun | 
| grand | / | Noun | 
| next of kin | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| significant other | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| confidant | /xx | Noun | 
| playmate | /x | Noun | 
| neighbour | /x | Noun | 
| loved one | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| member | /x | Noun | 
| relation | x/x | Noun | 
| messenger | /xx | Noun | 
| fere | / | Noun | 
| mentor | /x | Noun | 
| stalwart | /x | Noun | 
| grandpa | /x | Noun | 
| alumnus | x/x | Noun | 
| friends in high places | /x//x | Phrase, Noun | 
| conversant | x/x | Adjective | 
| dated | /x | Adjective | 
| longer | /x | Adjective | 
| elder | /x | Noun | 
| caller | /x | Noun | 
| allied | x/ | Adjective | 
| compatriot | x/xx | Noun | 
| follower | /xx | Noun | 
| mate | / | Noun | 
| mentee | /x | Noun | 
| beloved | x/ | Adjective | 
| aide | / | Noun | 
| admirer | x/x | Noun | 
| somebody | /xx | Noun | 
| faraway | /x/ | Adjective | 
| reference | /xx | Noun | 
| fiend | / | Noun | 
| entrant | /x | Noun | 
| elderly | /xx | Adjective | 
| countryman | /xx | Noun | 
| others | /x | Noun | 
| abandoned | x/x | Adjective | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| ace | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| advanced | x/ | Adjective | 
| aged | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| agony | /xx | Noun | 
| alt | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| alter | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| amici | x/x | Noun | 
| amis | /x | Name | 
| amity | /xx | Noun | 
| analog | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| answer | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| antediluvian | /xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| antigua | x/x | Name | 
| antiquated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| antique | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| archaic | x/x | Adjective, Name | 
| associational | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| auld | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| aunt | / | Noun | 
| baldy | /x | Name | 
| beautiful | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| believer | x/x | Noun | 
| bible | /x | Name | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| bloke | / | Noun | 
| blood brother | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| boo | / | Noun, Verb | 
| books | / | Noun | 
| booster | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| boyfriend | /x | Noun | 
| breed | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bro | / | Noun | 
| brother | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| brotherly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb | 
| bud | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bushel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| buster | /x | Noun | 
| byron | /x | Name | 
| camper | /x | Noun | 
| canonical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| captivity | x/xx | Noun | 
| care | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cavalier | xx/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| champion | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| charming | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| chico | /x | Name | 
| chum | / | Noun, Verb | 
| classic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| classical | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| close | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| collaborating | x/xxx | Verb, Noun | 
| companionable | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| concerning | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| confederate | x/xx | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| confidante | /xx | Noun | 
| confident | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| conjugal | /xx | Adjective | 
| connection | x/x | Noun | 
| contributor | x/xx | Noun | 
| conventional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| convert | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| cousin | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| covered | /x | Adjective | 
| crappy | /x | Adjective | 
| crazy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| crusty | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| customary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| dad | / | Noun, Verb | 
| daddy | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| darkened | /x | Adjective | 
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| decommissioned | xx/x | Verb | 
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective | 
| defender | x/x | Noun | 
| defunct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| disciple | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| dude | / | Noun, Verb | 
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective | 
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective | 
| emeritus | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| enduring | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| enemy | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| enthusiast | x/xx | Noun | 
| erstwhile | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| existing | x/x | Adjective | 
| expensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| experienced | x/xx | Adjective | 
| extroverted | /xxx | Adjective | 
| familiar | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| famous | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| fashioned | /x | Adjective | 
| father | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fella | /x | Noun | 
| foe | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| footer | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| foregoing | x/x | Adjective | 
| former | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| formerly | /xx | Adverb | 
| free trader | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| freund | / | Name | 
| friendly | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| friendship | /x | Noun | 
| functionalist | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| gaga | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| gal | / | Noun | 
| gallon | /x | Noun | 
| genuine | /xx | Adjective | 
| geriatric | xx/x | Adjective, Name | 
| girl | / | Noun, Verb | 
| girlfriend | /x | Noun | 
| gland | / | Noun | 
| good | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| governed | /x | Noun | 
| grandad | /x | Noun | 
| grandfather | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| grandparent | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| gray | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| grey | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| gringo | /x | Noun | 
| guy | / | Noun, Verb | 
| happy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| high | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| historic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| hoar | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| hoary | /x | Adjective | 
