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 The club is currently sponsoring four girls in Guatemala, Bangladesh, and the Philippines, providing monthly financial support and forming connections with the girls with a pen pal program. — Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2026 Millennials and Gen Z are driving a big chunk of that growth, part of a broader analog trend that has people swapping streaming for vinyl, iPhones for film cameras, and Instagram for pen pals. — Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 20 Apr. 2026 If Galileo was the first to describe the moon’s features in detail, his contemporary and sometimes pen pal Johannes Kepler was the first person who might have understood the importance of sending us there. — Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026 This may entail weekly video calls, yearly visits, or even a pen pal type exchange via traditional mail. — wendy Wisner, Parents, 7 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pen pal

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Noun

The Weeknd brought his After Hours alter ego straight to the 2020 VMAs in a bright red blazer, black shirt and trousers, leather gloves, and black-and-white dress shoes.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026
Well before his alter ego materialized, and well before Hollywood found him, MacLachlan was prone to anxiety and fears of never fitting in.

— Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of alter ego

Noun

That threat is precisely why many of our friends and former colleagues in Washington have recently proposed sweeping measures meant to slow China’s biotech progress.

— Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Here, a very dear, longtime local friend officiated the service with just a few attendees which included a blacktip reef shark and a colony of marine iguanas.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of friend

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

In the sequel series, John and his thunder-buddy Ted are neighbors, both with families of their own and dead-end jobs.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
One of his buddies needed insulin and waited up to four hours each day in the medical area to receive his necessary shots.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of buddy

Noun

The brand has been a partner of the Deauville American Film Festival since 2019, lending an extra touch of glamour to the event, traditionally held in early September.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Swift is a ghost of girlfriends past haunting Johnson in the video, sleeping in bed next to her, knocking drinks over to warn her to leave her ominous partner.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of partner

Noun

Upstairs, neatly hung in a sleek clean white decor, lived the brand’s intimates collection with underwear, bras and shapewear in every skin tone.

— Mary Wenthur, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Taken together, the intimates trace a timeline of scientific innovation, societal progress, and sometimes surprising aesthetic choices.

— April White, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2026

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