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buddy-buddy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of buddy-buddy

1 closely acquainted
  • those two army officers have been buddy-buddy for years
Synonyms of buddy-buddy

bosom, chummy, close, especial, familiar, friendly, inseparable, intimate, inward, near, thick, tight
Words Related to buddy-buddy

clannish, close-knit, tight-knit

affable, boon, companionable, convivial, cordial, genial, gracious, hearty

gregarious, sociable, social

comfortable, cozy, easy, snug

amicable, neighborly

confidential, secretive

adoring, affectionate, dear, devoted, fond, loving, tender, tenderhearted, warm
Near Antonyms of buddy-buddy

aloof, antisocial, cold, cool, detached, distant, frosty, remote, reserved, standoffish, unfriendly, unsociable, withdrawn
Antonyms of buddy-buddy

distant
2 having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest
  • he's even buddy-buddy to people he's only just met
Synonyms of buddy-buddy

amicable, bonhomous, chummy, collegial, companionable, comradely, cordial, friendly, genial, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, matey [chiefly British], neighborly, palsy, palsy-walsy [slang], warm, warmhearted
Words Related to buddy-buddy

affable, agreeable, approachable, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, nice, sweet

clubby, convivial, folksy, gregarious, hospitable, sociable, social

jolly, jovial, merry

extroverted (also extraverted), outgoing

brotherly, fraternal, sisterly

close, familiar, intimate

adoring, affectionate, devoted, fond, lovesome, loving, tender, tenderhearted
Near Antonyms of buddy-buddy

alienated, estranged

chilly, cold, cold-blooded, cool, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, wintry (also wintery)

unsociable, unsocial

aggressive, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent

inhospitable, inimical
Antonyms of buddy-buddy

antagonistic, hostile, unfriendly

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