Synonyms of fraternizing

fraternizing

verb

present participle of fraternize

1

as in traveling

to come or be together as friends

don't fraternize just with people of the same race, religion, or social background

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traveling
• associating
• mingling
• collaborating
• mixing
• running
• connecting
• bonding
• joining
• consorting
• befriending
• relating
• hobnobbing
• cooperating
• chumming
• sorting
• socializing
• hanging (around or out)
• companying
• messing around
• rubbing elbows (with)
• rubbing shoulders (with)
• keeping company (with)
• taking up with
• hooking up
• being friends with
• grouping
• falling in with
• rallying
• teaming
• clubbing
• allying
• consociating
• palling (around)
• affiliating
• coupling
• tying
• colluding
• linking
• ganging
• attaching
• friending
• confederating
• interrelating
• siding
• wedding
• banding
• conjoining
• knotting
• getting along
• getting on
• leaguing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• shunning
• snubbing
• alienating
• estranging
• dispersing
• cold-shouldering
• disbanding
• splitting
• splitting (up)
• divorcing
• dissociating
• breaking up
• severing
• sundering
• disuniting
• disjoining

2

as in mixing

to take part in social activities

a group of kids fraternizing together after school every day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mixing
• mingling
• associating
• socializing
• partying
• hobnobbing
• going out
• reveling
• stepping out
• rubbing elbows
• carousing
• circulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• shunning
• eschewing
• slighting
• snubbing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fraternizing

They were given strict rules that governed everything from alcohol consumption (only certain drinks and only after meals) to hairstyles (long and down) to fraternizing (never with players from opposing teams during the season). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

The concern of the Wings drafting Fudd There is a reason why so many places of employment have rules about co-workers fraternizing, or dating. — Mac Engel april 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026

The rules of polite society would bar this particular group from fraternizing together in such a heedless manner, but the Bridgerton wrap party brought the crew together for what appears to have been a very good time indeed. — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026

Guests can kick their night off, before potentially venturing out, at Azul Rooftop or Bar Hugo Rooftop, fraternizing with young New Yorkers. — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2025