BEFRIENDS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

befriends

verb

present tense third-person singular of befriend

as in joins

to become a friend to (someone) He befriended the new student.

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Recent Examples of befriends In the midst of it, Etna befriends a small, eager canine, Semeru, who knows Soojin and helps Etna reunite with her. — Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Gu-cheon, who lacks Yang, is fearful of ggeomeoksali, but accidentally befriends one during his time in the palace. — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026 Big Boo also befriends Pennsatucky, but she’s transferred from Litchfield after the season 5 riot. — Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026 Yet, in a surprising departure from the real-life Caroline’s historical hatred of Native Americans, this version of the character ultimately befriends White Sun and teaches Good Eagle. — Max Gao, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 In Season 3, Herman was introduced as Heather, who along with her husband, befriends newlyweds Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and Nate (Jacob Elordi) amid their life in the California suburbs. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 June 2026 At one point, Jessie befriends a gang of tech toys that includes a low-tech potty-training product named Smarty Pants, along with GPS and camera devices Atlas and Snappy. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 26 June 2026 Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026 Sigler is set to star as Nell Winters, a writer that Maddie befriends during her time in the city, according to Netflix. — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

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joins

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But first, on the Roundtable, Variety TV critic Aramide Tinubu joins us to give some of her summer TV picks and hot takes on the Emmy noms.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
The 23-year-old’s name joins that of compatriots Ayako Okamoto (1984), Hinako Shibuno (2019) and last year’s champion golfer Miyū Yamashita — who failed to make the cut this weekend — on the silver trophy.

— Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026