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
Wayans describes the film, which is being billed as the first romantic buddy-cop action comedy, as When Harry Met Sally with guns.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Luckily, the boy's sophisticated spaceship buddy Max also has the time travel smarts to take him home again.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
My son and one of his buddies are always looking to make a few dollars.
—Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
Out March 27 on Hulu, the film, directed by BenDavid Grabinski, follows mobster Nick (Vaughn), who travels back in time so that Future Nick and Present Nick can save fellow gangster buddy Mike (James Marsden) from being murdered.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Luckily, the boy's sophisticated spaceship buddy Max also has the time travel smarts to take him home again.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
My son and one of his buddies are always looking to make a few dollars.
—Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
Out March 27 on Hulu, the film, directed by BenDavid Grabinski, follows mobster Nick (Vaughn), who travels back in time so that Future Nick and Present Nick can save fellow gangster buddy Mike (James Marsden) from being murdered.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buddy
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This is how friends and family described 18-year-old Park Hill High School senior Tessa Walker, who was killed in a fiery crash in rural Platte County early Sunday morning.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
25 Mar. 2026
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If Minnelli has a second voice, as Michael Jackson reportedly did—a secret self unknown to the public—few of her friends ever got to see it.—
Matt Weinstock,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Your 11th House of Groups welcomes the intuitive Moon, offering you multiple chances to reconnect with pals or coordinate plans that serve everyone.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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The series stars Dominic McLaughlin as Harry and Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton as wizarding pals Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, respectively.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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One key difference in the third season will also be the absence of Valerie’s hairstylist and confidant Mickey Deane, following actor Robert Michael Morris’ death in 2017.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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The documents were disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the law enacted after months of public and political pressure that requires the government to open its files on the late financier and his confidant and onetime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Buddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buddy. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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