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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | close friend |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, adherent, adviser, alter ego, bosom buddy, companion, crony, familiar, intimate, mate, pal |
| Notes: | a person entrusted with private information is a confidante (feminine) or confidant (masculine) |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
| Main Entry: | intimate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a close friend; familiar person |
| Synonyms: | associate, bosom buddy, chum, companion, comrade, confidant, confidante, crony, familiar, family, lover, mate, pal |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
| Main Entry: | mate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one of a pair; partner |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, alter ego, analog, assistant, associate, bedmate, bride, buddy*, chum*, classmate, cohort, colleague, companion, compeer, complement, comrade, concomitant, consort, coordinate, counterpart, coworker, crony, double, duplicate, familiar, friend, groom, helper, helpmate, intimate, match, pal*, peer, playmate, reciprocal, roommate, schoolmate, sidekick*, spouse, twin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confidante |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friend |
| Synonyms: | acquaintance, adherent, adviser, alter ego, amigo, bosom buddy, companion, confidant, crony, familiar, intimate, mate |
| Notes: | a person entrusted with private information is a confidante (feminine) or confidant (masculine) |
| Antonyms: | adversary, enemy, foe, rival |
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| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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barbaresque, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, base, base, below par, boorish, born within sound of Bow, churlish, clownish, cockney, common, demotic, dunghull, earth, homespun, ignoble, loutish, low, low, mean, menial, mushroom, no great shakes, obscure, of low extraction, of low origin, of low parentage, of mean extraction, of mean origin, of mean parentage, philodemic, plebeian, proletarian, proletariat, raffish, risen from the ranks, rude, rustic, scrubby, snobbish, sorry, subaltern, uncivilized, underling, unknown to fame, unlicked, untitled, vile, vulgar
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| Concept: | Friend. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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-nouns
friend, friend of one's bosom; acquaintance, neighbor, wellwisher; alter ego; bosom friend, fast friend; amicus; usque ad aras; fidus Achates; persona grata., favorer, fautor, patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need (auxiliary)., associate, compeer, comrade, mate, companion, confrere, camarade, confidante; old crony, crony; chum; pal; playfellow, playmate; schoolfellow; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow; classfellow, classman, classmate; fellow man, stable companion; maid of honor., compatriot; fellow countryman, countryman., roommate, shopmate, shipmate, messmate; fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion; copartner, partner., Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux, Nisus and Euryalus, Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum., host, Amphitryon, Boniface; guest, visitor, protégé.
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| Antonyms: | enemy |
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