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pal (around)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pal (around)

to come or be together as friends

  • they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team
Synonyms of pal (around)

associate, chum, company, consociate, consort, fraternize, hang (around or out), hobnob, hook up, mess around, run, sort, travel
Words Related to pal (around)

affiliate, ally, attach, band, bond, club, collaborate, collude, confederate, conjoin, connect, cooperate, couple, gang, get along, get on, group, interrelate, join, knot, league, link, mingle, mix, rally, relate, side, socialize, team, tie, wed

befriend, friend
Phrases Synonymous with pal (around)

be friends with, fall in with, keep company (with), rub elbows (with) or rub shoulders (with) , take up with
Near Antonyms of pal (around)

avoid, cold-shoulder, shun, snub

alienate, estrange

break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divorce, sever, split, sunder

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