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be friends

VERB
associate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accompany join mix
STRONG
amalgamate confederate consort fraternize hobnob mingle pool
WEAK
be in cahoots buddy up bunch up come together gang up get in on get in with get into get together go along with go partners hang around hang out hang out with join up with line up with pal up play footsie with run around with run with string along with swing with take up with team up throw in together tie in tie up truck with work with
Antonyms
STRONGEST
divide leave separate withdraw
STRONG
disagree
WEAK
avoid disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate disunite divorce part sever

Example Sentences

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Many fans discovered her via the track “new friends,” an honest and lighthearted bop about not wanting to be friends with an ex.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"Maybe you'd be friends if you just talked."

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

“And I said, ‘Well, you know, we’ll always be friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

And there’s adult blame when the kids fight or decide they don’t want to be friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The girls’ mother stepped forward and reached for my hands, as if she and I could ever be friends.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall