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 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 Always in motion, Ortiz shuttled in and out of the apartment over the next few days, writing reports in code, meeting with trade-union comrades. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 Pezzulo was attempting to lift debris off his comrades when the North Tower collapsed 30 minutes later and he was buried by falling debris. — ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 But there’s always room to commune with the comrades who were there at the start. — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026 The chopper gets shot down, and Wolverine must fight his way back to reunite with Sabretooth and Mystique, his Team X comrades. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 In just the three hours of playtime, Logan nor his comrades have an issue with cussing. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comrades
  1. associates
  2. friends
  3. communists
  4. colleagues
  5. buddies
  6. socialists
  7. peers
  8. accomplices
Noun
  • Until today, human scientists have been the agents responsible for discovering cancer cures, and for doing so they (and key associates) have been showered with academic credit and awards, perhaps even a Nobel Prize.
    — Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The outlet reported that Jamal pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars from at least six Feeding Our Future associates convicted in connection to the sprawling fraud scheme.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • Likewise, tipping can make settling up uncomfortable when dining out with friends.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Bottaro, 38, who works at Charter Oak Financial and Lawlor, 36, who works at Voya, became friends as students at CCSU.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of friends
Noun
  • Beijing’s new exit rules show the naivete of trying to work with the communists on pacing the frontier.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Speakers blasted the opposing party as socialists and communists in speech after speech.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of communists
Noun
  • The Ratepayer Protection Act, meant to prevent data centers from raising electricity prices, enjoyed sweeping support in the House from all but three Democrats while all but four of their colleagues in the Senate opposed it.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Anthony Jack, Richard Boyatzis and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University coached people once about their personal vision and once about their current problems, then scanned them with fMRI.
    — Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • One of his buddies needed insulin and waited up to four hours each day in the medical area to receive his necessary shots.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Also, tell your buddies about this essay from our new trust-in-science reporter, Nick Florko.
    — Brittany Trang, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of buddies
Noun
  • The New York representative has been a big name in the Democratic Socialists of America as socialists establish a political foothold in positions across the country.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Mamdani is one of the most prominent democratic socialists following his election last November.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of socialists
Noun
  • This twin achievement of expanding its treasury and posting outsize shareholder returns puts the Hyperliquid DAT in stark contrast to its peers.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Long-lived healthy adults tend to have microbiomes that are richer in bacterial diversity than those of their chronological peers, with the former having gut bacteria that look more like those of younger, healthier adults.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • Her accomplices, then-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp and friend Shadolla Peterson, were previously sentenced to life and probation, respectively, in connection with the killing.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2026
  • All a novelist can do when representing Bush Two’s accomplices is to embody plausible ideologies in specific fictional characters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of accomplices

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“Comrades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comrades. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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