Synonyms of chum

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noun (1)

ˈchəm 

as in friend

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another

college chums who go way back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• friend
• buddy
• pal
• colleague
• confidant
• compadre
• comrade
• confidante
• sister
• familiar
• crony
• intimate
• mate
• alter ego
• musketeer
• brother
• partner
• acquaintance
• amigo
• fellow
• companion
• associate
• peer
• collaborator
• accomplice
• ally
• cohort
• hearty
• benefactor
• supporter
• blood brother
• sport
• pen pal
• sympathizer
• hobnobber
• abettor
• friendly
• main man
• confederate
• well-wisher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enemy
• foe
• competitor
• adversary
• opponent
• rival
• antagonist
• nemesis
• archenemy

chum

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verb (1)

as in to associate

to come or be together as friends

they always chum around together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• associate
• travel
• run
• bond
• mix
• join
• connect
• friend
• befriend
• mingle
• company
• collaborate
• consort
• sort
• fraternize
• hook up
• relate
• rub shoulders (with)
• hang (around or out)
• take up with
• fall in with
• pal (around)
• hobnob
• cooperate
• ally
• keep company (with)
• couple
• club
• be friends with
• mess around
• rub elbows (with)
• tie
• gang
• consociate
• confederate
• affiliate
• link
• group
• knot
• rally
• team
• get on
• get along
• socialize
• league
• band
• side
• wed
• collude
• attach
• conjoin
• interrelate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• alienate
• snub
• cold-shoulder
• split (up)
• break up
• disperse
• split
• estrange
• disband
• sever
• divorce
• dissociate
• disunite
• sunder
• disjoin

chums

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noun (2)

plural of chum

as in friends

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another

college chums who go way back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• friends
• buddies
• pals
• colleagues
• confidants
• compadres
• comrades
• cronies
• amigos
• intimates
• confidantes
• musketeers
• sisters
• acquaintances
• familiars
• mates
• partners
• brothers
• alter egos
• associates
• peers
• companions
• allies
• cohorts
• fellows
• collaborators
• accomplices
• sports
• supporters
• hearties
• benefactors
• blood brothers
• sympathizers
• confederates
• pen pals
• abettors
• hobnobbers
• friendlies
• main men
• well-wishers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enemies
• foes
• competitors
• opponents
• adversaries
• rivals
• antagonists
• nemeses
• archenemies

chums

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of chum

as in associates

to come or be together as friends

they always chum around together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• associates
• travels
• bonds
• joins
• friends
• runs
• companies
• sorts
• mixes
• collaborates
• connects
• mingles
• consorts
• befriends
• relates
• hooks up
• allies
• hobnobs
• hangs (around or out)
• fraternizes
• pals (around)
• rubs shoulders (with)
• takes up with
• groups
• falls in with
• teams
• cooperates
• clubs
• keeps company (with)
• gangs
• rubs elbows (with)
• couples
• affiliates
• consociates
• sides
• ties
• rallies
• links
• is friends with
• messes around
• colludes
• bands
• socializes
• gets on
• leagues
• gets along
• confederates
• knots
• weds
• interrelates
• conjoins
• attaches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• snubs
• alienates
• estranges
• breaks up
• cold-shoulders
• splits (up)
• splits
• disperses
• disbands
• divorces
• severs
• dissociates
• disjoins
• sunders
• disunites

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chum

Noun

He gets reacquainted 15 years later with his Sword of Power along with childhood chum Teela (Camila Mendes), who’s brainier and brawnier than the majority of the guys, and his former Man-at-Arms Duncan (Idris Elba), the former protector of Adam’s family. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026

During the day, SeaWorld educators will throw buckets of — sometimes frozen — chum into the tank so guests can watch them feed. — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026

Verb

Observers trace the current fissures to Carlson hosting Fuentes on his podcast in October, chumming it up with the heil Hitler-spouting troll to his millions of followers. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Feb. 2026

To make matters worse, in the chumming scenes the water is flat calm — terrible for creating a slick. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025

Noun

The other thing is this is not just a group of Khan’s chums. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026

The passing of his striking mother at age 35 from breast cancer, a woman who attracted many of his elementary school chums to vie for a spot in her carpool, devastated a young Felder at the dawn of his teen years. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026