Synonyms of confrere

confrere

noun

ˈkän-ˌfrer 

variants also confrère

as in colleague

a fellow worker

many of the judge's confreres on the Fifth Circuit bench don't feel as she does on the issue

Synonyms & Similar Words

• colleague
• associate
• coworker
• peer
• buddy
• partner
• accomplice
• fellow
• collaborator
• pal
• chum
• ally
• comrade
• copartner
• compatriot
• cohort
• countryman
• companion
• half
• crony
• equal
• confederate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confrere

Bambaataa, in the telling, branched off his own parties from that of DJ Kool Herc, the breakbeat innovator, who was like Bambaataa’s confrere, as was Grandmaster Flash. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026

The elegant bones of this iconic property—once the martini-marinated playground of Sinatra and his Rat Pack confreres—remain unmistakably intact. — David Weiss, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025

With the show, Tigerman and his confreres, who quickly became known as the Chicago Four (later the Chicago Seven), had made their point about Chicago eclecticism. — Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2019

Designed by Los Angeles architecture firm Johnston Marklee, the $40 million Institute adds a significant new structure to the ensemble that is more open and buoyant than its confreres. — Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018

According to this analysis, Murray and his confreres can qualify as charlatans at best, racists at worst, and likely something in between. — John McWhorter, National Review, 5 July 2017

Some of her confreres were intent on exposing the complex roles of photography in everyday life, especially in advertising and movies. — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 11 May 2017

And the Brazilian police quickly dismantled, through video evidence and the testimony of Lochte's three swimming confreres, the Olympic athlete's shifting fabrications. — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2016

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