Synonyms of befriend

befriend

verb

as in to friend

to become a friend to (someone)

He befriended the new student.

Related Words

• friend
• join
• fraternize
• travel
• associate
• connect
• company
• run
• relate
• sort
• hook up
• bond
• cooperate
• collaborate
• socialize
• consort
• hobnob
• hang (around or out)
• chum
• mix
• collude
• mingle
• group
• consociate
• couple
• attach
• gang
• ally
• tie
• rally
• affiliate
• link
• interrelate
• wed
• get on
• club
• team
• get along
• confederate
• league
• pal (around)
• side
• mess around
• band
• knot
• conjoin

Dissimilar Words

• avoid
• shun
• alienate
• snub
• split (up)
• disperse
• cold-shoulder
• disband
• estrange
• split
• break up
• dissociate
• sever
• divorce
• disunite
• sunder
• disjoin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of befriend

Having befriended Billy Ray Cyrus in the early ’90s, Parton was Cyrus’s honorary godmother and even lived up to that designation through guest spots on Hannah Montana. — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Cyrus’s father, singer Billy Ray Cyrus, befriended Parton in the 1990s and later asked her to be Miley’s godmother. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026

Sometimes Sam and Mymonie hosted Mike Karoub’s father, Hussien, whom Sam had befriended. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Bruce Willis stars as a child psychologist who befriends a young boy (Haley Joel Osment) with an unusual ability. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026