comrades

noun

plural of comrade
1
as in associates
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 friends
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 communists
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 comrades That may earn her the admiration of her college comrades, but at home, she’s seen as an idealistic naif — mocked, in particular, by her older brother Milan (Miodrag Dragicevic), who is staunchly right-wing in his sympathies. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 When the men return from Sheriffmuir with the bodies of their fallen comrades, Colum has to grapple with his role in their deaths. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Watching the Taliban regain power called into question the meaning of their sacrifice, and the government’s difficulty evacuating Afghan comrades who had fought with them felt like a betrayal. — Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026 Not a single council member — even her three fellow comrades in the Democratic Socialists of America — has endorsed Raman’s candidacy. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 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 Lee’s tragicomic blankness makes the haplessness of his comrades’ efforts to bring him in as an ostensible traitor all the funnier. — Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comrades
  1. associates
  2. friends
  3. communists
  4. colleagues
  5. buddies
  6. socialists
  7. peers
  8. accomplices
Noun
  • Constant reports of corruption and profiteering are a hallmark of his second term, and Democrats are readying literally countless investigations of him and his family, and their businesses and associates.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The White House has appointed her associates to help hunt for noncitizen voters and investigate accusations of voting fraud in 2020.
    — ProPublica, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • When their friends brought the dog back, there was a brief scuffle over the new gate that had been set up to keep him out of the bedroom.
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Not everyone has all their friends around their house anymore.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of friends
Noun
  • The chats included messages about killing communists, racial and religious minorities and other groups, as well as discussions of drunk driving and drug use.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 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 communists
Noun
  • Using layer-by-layer atomic deposition, professors Seongshik Oh, Hee Taek Yi, and their colleagues created flawless crystalline films just 40 nanometers thick—roughly a thousand times thinner than a human hair.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Raman’s colleagues on the City Council have trashed her like bullies out of a boarding school novel.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • The fugitive tells his underwater buddies what the humans have been doing to their kind.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
  • They are being rounded up and sent for slaughter by the government that wants the land for its rich buddies and industry.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of buddies
Noun
  • On election night in 2025, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani began his victory speech by quoting Eugene Debs, one of the most prominent socialists in 20th-century American politics.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Democrat party is now the party of Bernie Sanders, and AOC and democratic socialists.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of socialists
Noun
  • Compared to its megacap peers, which are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into AI capital expenditures, Apple is a light spender.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The recognition is just getting started for Crow-Armstrong, who was voted Player of the Year and NL Outstanding Player by his peers last week — and is expected to be named NL MVP next week.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • The Youngs and their accomplices are also accused of offering drugs to patients and cutting them off from communication with family members.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The tryst was consummated at a motel called the Red Bull Motor Inn, where Kushner’s accomplices had installed a video camera inside a digital alarm clock.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of accomplices

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“Comrades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comrades. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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