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 Roost does offer a pen pal program, in which users can create an anonymous profile to connect with other users around the world also interested in meeting strangers. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 At one point, as many as three individuals — including Manson’s grandson, Jason Freeman; Manson’s son, Michael Brunner; and a prison pen pal of Manson’s, Michael Channel — were attempting to take possession of Manson’s body, CNN reported. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for pen pal

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Noun

Only instead of just peacefully apprehending opponents, Doncic’s super-competitive alter ego wants to smash them all under an array of increasingly rude step-back jumpers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The anonymous buyer used the Central Perk LLC and Regina Phalange LLC to pay for the units—nods to the famous coffee shop and alter ego of Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) from the sitcom Friends.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of alter ego

Noun

Others allowed their children to live with friends and relatives across the state during the school year.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Navarrete was living with his friends in a South Fort Worth apartment complex after his parents were deported to Columbia.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of friend

Noun

Gow and Banbury are now pals, and Wishart speaks to them frequently, with the pair appearing on Q&A panels around the country to support the movie.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
The series interviews two of Perry’s closest friends — industry pal Kevin Pollak, and his sister Mia Perry Bowick, who eventually became a therapist well-versed in addiction in large part because of her big brother’s struggle.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 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 duo are coming off of Mayday, a Cold War buddy action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, which released on Apple TV in September, becoming their biggest-ever film debut.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
Lamont, who made a splash last year with One of Them Days, has been tapped to direct Last Friday, the first installment of New Line’s buddy comedy movie franchise in 25 years.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of buddy

Noun

Starting first with a country club and then adding more planned developments, Soffer and his partners then transformed nearly 800 acres of swampland into what’s now Aventura.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
The floppy chains bend and stretch to reach nearby partners as opposite charges attract.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of partner

Noun

But instead the sisters wind up confronting assassins, demons with human familiars, and revelations about their late mother’s place within Le Clan des Sorcières.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025

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