Synonyms of befriended

befriended

verb

past tense of befriend

as in joined

to become a friend to (someone)

He befriended the new student.

Related Words

• joined
• friended
• traveled
• associated
• consorted
• bonded
• connected
• hobnobbed
• fraternized
• ran
• collaborated
• related
• hooked up
• chummed
• sorted
• rallied
• cooperated
• linked
• attached
• teamed
• mixed
• grouped
• affiliated
• socialized
• allied
• tied
• mingled
• hung (around or out)
• companied
• coupled
• consociated
• banded
• ganged
• colluded
• clubbed
• leagued
• interrelated
• got on
• sided
• conjoined
• knotted
• got along
• messed around
• confederated
• palled (around)
• wedded

Dissimilar Words

• avoided
• shunned
• snubbed
• alienated
• estranged
• dispersed
• cold-shouldered
• disbanded
• divorced
• split (up)
• split
• broke up
• severed
• dissociated
• sundered
• disjoined
• disunited

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of befriended

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

Iger befriended Lakers’ current head coach JJ Redick when Redick played for the Clippers from 2013 to 2017. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

On the island, the team makes the acquaintance of Rex (Hayden Chamberlain), a paraplegic dog who has been stranded there for two years and in that time has befriended the dinosaurs and constructed an elaborate treehouse for himself. — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

This all changed one day when another guest, who had befriended me, got a room and left the shelter. — The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026

Indeed, the movie opens with Ed quizzing an older Greek man he’s befriended on the Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester, before berating him for confusing his Bottega Veneta loafers for Sebago. — CNN Money, 17 July 2026

The rapper personally befriended Hamilton and invited him to the family’s Easter celebration in 2015. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

Ambivalent about leaving Wisconsin, Caroline is befriended by the officious Jemma James (Mary Holland), whose husband, Eli (Michael Hough), is a railroad man. — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026

Then Susan went to the Philadelphia College of Art and met Jade Lee, while Ted studied at New York City’s School of Visual Arts and befriended Lauren Roselli. — David Chiu, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026