friends 1 of 2

noun

Definition of friendsnext
plural of friend
1
as in buddies
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another really close friends who like to do everything together and are always sharing secrets

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2
as in supporters
a person who actively supports or favors a cause hopes that the new governor will be a friend to environmental causes

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friends

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of friend
as in associates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friends
  1. buddies
  2. supporters
  3. colleagues
  4. proponents
  5. befriends
Noun
  • Here are a few key details about each person, who are my coworkers, my buddies, and my family members.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The two, who had grown up in the area, had been buddies since seventh grade, after getting to know each other at summer Bible camp.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of buddies
Noun
  • Even some bond supporters are split on the proposition.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This declines to 41% of opposition party supporters, with 21% saying Israel is doing too little; 34%, about the right amount.
    Gary Langer, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of supporters
Noun
  • After trial and error, my colleagues and I found that rats could learn to drive forward by grasping a small wire that acted like a gas pedal.
    Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The former officials are still in touch with colleagues who work at the FDA.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • Voters were almost evenly split over whether Proposition 36 would reduce homelessness or drug addiction in California, one of the selling points of the measures’ proponents.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Curbing homelessness and addiction is one of the strongest selling points the measure’s proponents have pitched.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of proponents
Verb
  • Bialik will play a heightened version of herself who turns up as a defendant and befriends Rauch’s Judge Abby Stone.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Williams starred opposite young actress Violet McGraw as her orphaned niece who befriends the titular high-tech BFF that soon turns lethal.
    Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of befriends
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