Synonyms of chum

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noun (1)

ˈchəm 

as in friend

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another

college chums who go way back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• friend
• buddy
• pal
• colleague
• confidant
• compadre
• comrade
• confidante
• sister
• familiar
• crony
• intimate
• mate
• alter ego
• brother
• musketeer
• partner
• acquaintance
• amigo
• fellow
• companion
• associate
• peer
• collaborator
• accomplice
• ally
• cohort
• hearty
• benefactor
• supporter
• blood brother
• sport
• pen pal
• sympathizer
• hobnobber
• abettor
• friendly
• confederate
• main man
• well-wisher
• abetter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enemy
• foe
• competitor
• adversary
• opponent
• rival
• antagonist
• nemesis
• archenemy

chum

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verb (1)

as in to associate

to come or be together as friends

they always chum around together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• associate
• travel
• run
• bond
• mix
• join
• connect
• friend
• befriend
• mingle
• company
• collaborate
• consort
• sort
• fraternize
• hook up
• relate
• rub shoulders (with)
• hang (around or out)
• take up with
• fall in with
• pal (around)
• hobnob
• cooperate
• ally
• keep company (with)
• couple
• club
• be friends with
• mess around
• rub elbows (with)
• tie
• gang
• consociate
• confederate
• affiliate
• link
• group
• knot
• rally
• team
• get on
• get along
• socialize
• league
• band
• side
• wed
• collude
• attach
• conjoin
• interrelate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• alienate
• snub
• cold-shoulder
• split (up)
• break up
• disperse
• split
• estrange
• disband
• sever
• divorce
• dissociate
• disunite
• sunder
• disjoin

chums

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noun (2)

plural of chum

as in friends

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another

college chums who go way back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• friends
• buddies
• pals
• colleagues
• confidants
• compadres
• comrades
• cronies
• brethren
• amigos
• intimates
• confidantes
• musketeers
• sisters
• acquaintances
• familiars
• mates
• partners
• brothers
• alter egos
• associates
• peers
• companions
• allies
• cohorts
• fellows
• collaborators
• accomplices
• sports
• supporters
• hearties
• benefactors
• blood brothers
• sympathizers
• confederates
• pen pals
• abettors
• abetters
• hobnobbers
• friendlies
• main men
• well-wishers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enemies
• foes
• competitors
• opponents
• adversaries
• rivals
• antagonists
• nemeses
• archenemies

chums

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of chum

as in associates

to come or be together as friends

they always chum around together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• associates
• travels
• bonds
• joins
• friends
• runs
• companies
• sorts
• mixes
• collaborates
• connects
• mingles
• consorts
• befriends
• relates
• hooks up
• allies
• hobnobs
• hangs (around or out)
• fraternizes
• pals (around)
• rubs shoulders (with)
• takes up with
• groups
• falls in with
• teams
• cooperates
• clubs
• keeps company (with)
• gangs
• rubs elbows (with)
• couples
• affiliates
• consociates
• sides
• ties
• rallies
• links
• is friends with
• messes around
• colludes
• bands
• socializes
• gets on
• leagues
• gets along
• confederates
• knots
• weds
• interrelates
• conjoins
• attaches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• snubs
• alienates
• estranges
• breaks up
• cold-shoulders
• splits (up)
• splits
• disperses
• disbands
• divorces
• severs
• dissociates
• disjoins
• sunders
• disunites

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chum

Noun

In 2001, the company was taken over by Giers’ son Gordon and his high school chums Til Nadler and Hans Redlefsen. —Miles Socha, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025

The most famous and infamous of those chums was John H. Eaton. —Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2025

Verb

From modifying gill nets to employing chumming techniques, fishers are innovating to enhance catch efficiency while minimizing environmental impact. —Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

One of the biggest acts to come out of the now-defunct record label, the 16-time Grammy nominee chummed it up with the real estate tycoon during his reality TV heyday. —Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2024