as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
my old college buddy is the one person I can always turn to
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Recent Examples of buddy
Joining Stuart’s quest are his girlfriend, Denise (Lapkus); geologist buddy Bert (Posehn); and irritating quantum physicist Barry Kripke (Bowie).
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Apr. 2026
To see Ben’s growth, to see Jon, his rapid ascent, and to see the team’s success, to see DA — there’s a tremendous sense of pride watching your buddies do such great things professionally.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Maybe Dan’s buddy Henry (Jake Curran) is even more incompetent than previously hinted at, in terms of aiding and abetting a homicide.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
There hasn’t quite been more pressure on a player in orange and blue than Bridges, who may or may not have asked to be traded to the Knicks to play with his Villanova buddies — but certainly didn’t demand the Knicks trade five first-round picks for him in the process.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Apr. 2026
To see Ben’s growth, to see Jon, his rapid ascent, and to see the team’s success, to see DA — there’s a tremendous sense of pride watching your buddies do such great things professionally.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Maybe Dan’s buddy Henry (Jake Curran) is even more incompetent than previously hinted at, in terms of aiding and abetting a homicide.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
There hasn’t quite been more pressure on a player in orange and blue than Bridges, who may or may not have asked to be traded to the Knicks to play with his Villanova buddies — but certainly didn’t demand the Knicks trade five first-round picks for him in the process.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buddy
Noun
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Her first time visiting New York City, Mann had made plans to introduce her two friends to the larger-than-life Weinstein over breakfast.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Before Miami Dolphins draft pick Michael Taaffe and quarterback Quinn Ewers were teammates and close friends at Texas, Taaffe had the best day of his high school football career against Ewers.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Hill wasn’t Levine’s only famous school pal.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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The pal had a place in the beach town for quite some time and had long been pestering the former TAP Air pilot to stop by and see the area’s unparallelled beauty and tranquility for himself.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Gray served in a variety of consequential positions over the years and wielded influence deftly to the benefit of the community, said Dick Batchelor, who represented Central Florida in the Legislature from 1974 to 1982 and regarded Gray as a sage confidant.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Training my virtual robot to become my confidant was fairly simple.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Buddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buddy. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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