1
as in buddies
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
really close friends who like to do everything together and are always sharing secrets
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as in supporters
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
hopes that the new governor will be a friend to environmental causes
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Recent Examples of friends
Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2025
Her son helps clip succulents and pick pumpkins and in the past his friends have gotten involved in helping assemble the gift bags.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Westmoreland—who also, to be fair, had a habit of not charging friends for many drinks at all—was evicted from the subway location in 2001.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Jackson, too, was in the photo along with two friends of the Mahomeses.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Still, Nevo's mind often drifts to the moment in Gaza when Palestinian militants detonated explosives in a home, wounding him and killing two close friends in his army unit.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
From Michele, me, and the Niagara IceDogs family, our hearts go out to the friends and family of Mike.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
To her surprise, the culinary team there looks exactly like her friends from the royal kitchen in the Joseon-era court.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
The memo runs 380 pages -- including letters from Combs' mother, children, friends and business associates -- and takes aim at the apparent recommendations by prosecutors and the Probation Department for tougher sentences.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
Hamilton County Coroner's Office investigators are looking for relatives or friends of a West End woman who died recently.
—Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2025
Her son helps clip succulents and pick pumpkins and in the past his friends have gotten involved in helping assemble the gift bags.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Westmoreland—who also, to be fair, had a habit of not charging friends for many drinks at all—was evicted from the subway location in 2001.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Jackson, too, was in the photo along with two friends of the Mahomeses.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Still, Nevo's mind often drifts to the moment in Gaza when Palestinian militants detonated explosives in a home, wounding him and killing two close friends in his army unit.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
From Michele, me, and the Niagara IceDogs family, our hearts go out to the friends and family of Mike.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
To her surprise, the culinary team there looks exactly like her friends from the royal kitchen in the Joseon-era court.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
The memo runs 380 pages -- including letters from Combs' mother, children, friends and business associates -- and takes aim at the apparent recommendations by prosecutors and the Probation Department for tougher sentences.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friends
Noun
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My buddies will come over, and this kind of becomes a home for them too.—
Sid Evans,
Southern Living,
2 Oct. 2025
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Dunne was 19 and throwing hands at random to back up his buddies in a bar fight.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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The chorus of boos at the final whistle showed what supporters made of it.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Back in the 1920s, even the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin called on his British supporters to affiliate with the Labour Party instead of fighting it.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Create Low-Stakes Opportunities for Visibility Gen Z often associates visibility with exposure to criticism.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Especially given the fact that the latter only associates itself with organic style stars, not limited to Solange and Beyoncé.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Manes admired Bukele’s reformist zeal, former colleagues said.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Li and his colleagues said these results can then be shared across command levels, giving the PLA improved situational awareness.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eide and other proponents of expanding hospitalization believe the administration could do even more.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Closure of the bike path to undertake this project has drawn opposition from cycling proponents and West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The new movie will follow a 12-year-old boy who befriends a golden retriever and pursues a basketball championship.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Sep. 2025
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In the film, child refugee David (played by first-time actors Álex Peláez and Hugo Encuentra) befriends Simón (Manolo Solo) on a boat travelling to a no-man’s land.—
Martin Dale,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the elder Van Praag’s friends and confidants is a football coach in Florida by the name of George LePorte.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
27 Sep. 2025
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For Kendra Hilty, a TikTok user whose saga about falling in love with her psychiatrist has gone viral, her chatbots are like confidants.—
Josh Feldman,
NBC news,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Digital rights advocates have also pushed back against a proposal to limit a person to only one social media account per platform, ostensibly as a means to crack down on disinformation.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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The closure shrouds the 8,000-foot-high plateau and its elk, bison and occasional backcountry skiers in a winter wilderness that some advocates hope to protect and others seek to unlock.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Friends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friends. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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