comrade

noun

ˈkäm-ˌrad How to pronounce comrade (audio)
Definition of comradenext
1
as in associate
a person frequently seen in the company of another the boy, and two others who are known to be his comrades, are wanted for questioning by the police

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2
as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another we expect to be comrades for the rest of our lives

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3
as in communist
an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state a novel about an aging comrade's eventual disenchantment with communism and its excesses

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Recent Examples of comrade Ibrahim moves through the splintered dreams, among comrades who once shared a square, a sidewalk blanket, and a barricade. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 During the May 27 Roscosmos EVA that featured cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, Fedyaev controlled the station’s European Robotic Arm (ERA) with both his comrades attached. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026 That day, DiPasquale and nine of his comrades were called to Tower 2 just after it was struck. — Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2026 Following instructions from the kidnappers (unbeknownst to his increasingly agitated comrades), Lee drives out to meet them for the exchange, only to wreck his car and become distracted saving a nearby woman, Hua (Moon Lee). — Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comrade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comrade
  1. associate
  2. friend
  3. communist
  4. colleague
  5. buddy
  6. socialist
  7. accomplice
  8. fellow
Noun
  • With the support of our Board of Trustees, Valencia has established a minimum average annual graduate earnings benchmark of $42,000 for our associate in science programs.
    — Kathleen Plinske, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Federal prosecutors say Bailey and an associate tricked people out of $2 million from 2018 to 2022.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of associate
Noun
  • Sundfør was also drawn to Julian’s ideas through a close friend who converted to Catholicism while battling cancer, and with whom Sundfør read religious texts, including Julian’s Revelations.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The hopeful part is the part where the people who are dealing with the consequences of that look toward their community, look toward their friends, look toward the people around them for support, for help, for unity—all of those sorts of things.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of friend
Noun
  • Born in Hamburg in 1936, Biermann only met his father once – in prison before the Jewish communist was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The 1980s saw the disappearance of these satellite lists and the emergence of alternatives to the communists.
    — Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of communist
Noun
  • My colleague counters that to do so rubs salt in the wound, and that the loser is the one to first contact the winner with congratulations.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • To better estimate how common CTE might have been across all 2,362 former players in the study, Tripodis and his colleagues analyzed the medical records of donors and nondonors.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of colleague
Noun
  • The duo are coming off of Mayday, a Cold War buddy action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, which released on Apple TV in September, becoming their biggest-ever film debut.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Lamont, who made a splash last year with One of Them Days, has been tapped to direct Last Friday, the first installment of New Line’s buddy comedy movie franchise in 25 years.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of buddy
Noun
  • Locked in a tight re-election campaign against a democratic socialist, Smiley vetoed a rent control bill passed by the Providence City Council in April.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • There are also several democratic socialists running for Congress this election cycle.
    — Irit Skulnik, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of socialist
Noun
  • Since the beginning of the episode, Lee’s been tailed by McMann’s skinny accomplice — the guy Ginger shot in the neck at the end of the season premiere.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The trailer begins with Pegg, who plays serial killer anesthetist Jason Nash, peering at a screen as a Channel 4 news story reports that the new identity of his former girlfriend and accomplice, a nurse named Alice Bell, has surfaced online.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of accomplice
Noun
  • During Thursday's protest, hundreds of resident physicians and fellows demanded negotiators return to the bargaining table.
    — Payton May, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Simpson, whose daughter is in second grade, prepared extensively with her fellow-canvassers on how to discuss certain topics, such as Mamdani’s views on Israel and Palestine.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
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“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comrade. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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