FRIENDLIES Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

friendlies

noun

plural of friendly

as in friends

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Noun

But recounting each group’s beginning and remembering many wonderful friends who have passed away were also important to those gathered.

— Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Also very modern-seeming are the complex emotional relationships Perry describes between spouses, parents and their children, siblings or friends from different cultures or societies.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of friends

Noun

Rosé lives the California dream, as her buddies drop into empty swimming pools on skateboards, bounce on mattresses and get up to good, clean fun.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
The two meet cute at a deeply awful Toronto nightclub; Emma is trying to feel young and free, while Raiff’s character, an old soul in a twenty-something body, is taken by the somewhat older woman who is much more fun than his drunk buddies.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of buddies

Noun

Commissioned by Mattel as a blatant weekly half-hour commercial for its popular toy line, the show pits He-Man and his heroic chums against the evil (but strangely inept) Skeletor in a battle for control of Castle Grayskull.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
To be sure, Maher’s ready wit and spontaneous repartee as a talk show host were central themes for the parade of chums who praised the honoree.

— Paul Harris, Variety, 29 June 2026

Definition of chums

Noun

So a terrorist problem more closely associated with Washington’s pals in Saudi Arabia was conveniently and strategically spread around.

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Though the 2026 Emmys saw plenty of celebrities mingling in the VIP section, the after-parties were where the stars let loose and caught up with their industry pals.

— KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of pals

Noun

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, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of comrades

Noun

Shirley gets one of her compadres in Mechanical, Ossie (Michael Younis), to send Juliette further into the Down Deep using their little dumbwaiter contraption.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Spending two-plus hours of quality time with a randy demon and his dead compadres turns out to be fun.

— Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 4 Mar. 2026

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