PEN PAL Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

pen pal

noun

Definition of pen pal

as in alter ego

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Recent Examples of pen pal This may entail weekly video calls, yearly visits, or even a pen pal type exchange via traditional mail. — wendy Wisner, Parents, 7 Mar. 2026 The paper is keepsake quality, so expect your pen pal to keep your letter forever. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Feb. 2026 Luna cited examples of crackdowns on Monday, including a bust on an incarcerated man running a prostitution ring from prison through a pen pal system. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026 In the fifth book in the series, To Sir Phillip, With Love, Eloise becomes pen pal with Sir Philip Crane and eventually falls in love with him. — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pen pal

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Noun

The viral moment started with an Instagram Reel O'Donnell shared on July 28, in which her alter ego, Chanty, simply introduces herself to the camera.

— Owen Carry, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Cage plays private investigator Ben Riley, a man who has long abandoned his alter ego.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of alter ego

Noun

Nearly an hour after Nolan was last seen, friends on one of the boats noticed its bilge pump had failed and water was rapidly filling the hull, Tyler Cox and Edward Paltzik, attorneys for the friends, told CNN.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Moehrig said there’s a mutual respect between the two players, who have become friends.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of friend

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Her pal, fellow local supermodel Gisele Bundchen, donated $1 million to the shelter in 2023; the funds were earmarked for a playground and educational programming.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Bourdain worked his way through the 1903 cookbook alongside his real-life pal, Dimitri (Stavros Halkias).

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of pal

Noun

In the first Manitou film, Herbig played Abahachi, chief of the Apache, who is inseparable from his blood brother Ranger (Christian Tramitz) since the latter saved Abahachi from a speeding train at an unguarded railroad crossing.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of blood brother

Noun

The experience will also recreate Shrimp Boat Sound, Buffett’s Key West recording studio, and feature interviews with family members, bandmates, crew, friends, fishing buddies, boat builders, producers, authors, musicians and business associates.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2026
Martial arts and supernatural horror collide in this romp of a buddy comedy.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of buddy

Noun

The partners will help establish the systems needed to manage one of Australia’s most technically demanding defense programs.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026
The hotel partners with nearby institutions, including 315 Restaurant & Wine Bar, where guests can charge meals directly to their room, and the Pink Adobe, the longtime Santa Fe favorite, which the Serets purchased in 2022.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026

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