PEN PALS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

pen pals

noun

plural of pen pal

as in alter egos

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Noun

With a few simple prompts, anyone can summon up a team of realistic alter egos.

— Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
Duality comes up a lot in Cameron’s work—alter egos, inner contradictions, mirror images.

— Nicola Dall'Asen, Allure, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of alter egos

Noun

Roman said the question will be if the defense focuses on their own psychiatric experts right away, or Clancy's friends and family to humanize her to the jurors.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
More than two dozen friends and family traveled from Ohio and waved a Marietta College flag for each of his plate appearances.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of friends

Noun

In Dylan Meyer’s stoner comedy The Wrong Girls, Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat play co-dependent pals made telepathic by an experimental new drug.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026
The latter come courtesy of Gravy, a puppet Dirnt used back in the day to entertain his pals on the road that inspired a cinematic counterpart.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of pals

Noun

But with that connection to Jack, initially forged as foster siblings but later as opioid buddies, comes risk.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Foo Fighters are set to play inside the stadium in five hours, and Bob is with his son, 31-year-old Albert, and a gaggle of his buddies.

— William Earl, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of buddies

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The owner of her own law firm, Campione was first elected to the Board of County Commissioners in 2010 and was unanimously selected by her colleagues to serve as Commission Chair in 2018.

— James Wilkins, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Geneticist Shigeki Nakagome of Trinity College Dublin and his colleagues analyzed 13 bone samples previously collected from an archaeological site at Camarones in northern Chile.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of colleagues

Noun

When published in 1844, Dumas' novel, which evokes the adventures of musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d'Artagnan — yes, there were actually four musketeers — became an overnight sensation.

— Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
While the hero existed — as did Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, or at least musketeers with similar names — most of the actual stories are invented, either by the sensationalist biographer or Dumas himself.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of musketeers

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Commissioned by Mattel as a blatant weekly half-hour commercial for its popular toy line, the show pits He-Man and his heroic chums against the evil (but strangely inept) Skeletor in a battle for control of Castle Grayskull.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
To be sure, Maher’s ready wit and spontaneous repartee as a talk show host were central themes for the parade of chums who praised the honoree.

— Paul Harris, Variety, 29 June 2026

Definition of chums

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