Synonyms of rubbing elbows (with)

rubbing elbows (with)

phrase

variants or rubbing shoulders (with)

present participle of rub elbows (with)

as in hanging (around or out)

to come or be together as friends

She had the opportunity to rub elbows with some of the world's greatest chefs at the annual conference.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hanging (around or out)
• associating
• hooking up
• messing around
• taking up with
• keeping company (with)
• falling in with
• palling (around)
• being friends with
• joining
• collaborating
• traveling
• sorting
• getting along
• getting on
• consociating
• hobnobbing
• consorting
• chumming
• companying
• fraternizing
• connecting
• tying
• mixing
• relating
• running
• linking
• attaching
• bonding
• coupling
• grouping
• cooperating
• teaming
• siding
• wedding
• leaguing
• socializing
• rallying
• clubbing
• mingling
• interrelating
• knotting
• allying
• affiliating
• confederating
• banding
• colluding
• conjoining
• ganging
• befriending
• friending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• splitting (up)
• shunning
• snubbing
• breaking up
• alienating
• estranging
• splitting
• dispersing
• cold-shouldering
• disbanding
• divorcing
• severing
• dissociating
• disjoining
• sundering
• disuniting