Thesaurus results for CONFRERES

confreres

noun

variants also confrères

plural of confrere

as in colleagues

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

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Recent Examples of confreres 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

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colleagues

Noun

While acknowledging policy disagreements with colleagues on how best to address street homelessness, Raman argued the city should focus on directing resources toward strategies that have been proven to move people indoors.

— Teresa Liu, Daily News, 11 June 2026
Nguyen addressed her colleagues’ concerns directly on Tuesday.

— Claire Wang, Oc Register, 10 June 2026