friend

1. A person you know well and regard with affection and trust (synset 110132360)
   "he was my best friend at the university"
   is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
   subtypes:

   • alter ego - a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself
   • amigo - a friend or comrade
   • best friend - the one friend who is closest to you
   • brother, comrade - used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
   • brother, buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick - a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
   • associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow - a friend who is frequently in the company of another
   • confidant, intimate - someone to whom private matters are confided
   • flatmate - an associate who shares an apartment with you
   • girlfriend - any female friend
   • light - a person regarded very fondly
   • mate - informal term for a friend of the same sex
   • roomie, roommate, roomy - an associate who shares a room with you
   • schoolfriend - a friend who attends the same school
   specific instances:

   • damon and pythias - (Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend: when Pythias was sentenced to be executed Damon took his place to allow Pythias to get his affairs in order; when Pythias returned in time to save Damon the king was so impressed that he let them both live
   • damon - the friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC)
   • phintias, pythias - friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC)
2. An associate who provides cooperation or assistance (synset 109804483)
   "he's a good ally in fight"
   is a type of: associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
   subtypes: blood brother - a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother
   same as: ally
3. A person with whom you are acquainted (synset 109783207)
   "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
   is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
   subtypes:

   • bunkmate - someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself
   • campmate - someone who lives in the same camp you do
   • connection - (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
   • end man - a man at one end of a row of people
   • homeboy - a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown
   • messmate - (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
   • pickup - a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
   • class fellow, classmate, schoolfellow, schoolmate - an acquaintance that you go to school with
   same as: acquaintance
4. A person who backs a politician or a team etc. (synset 110697152)
   "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
   is a type of: advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
   subtypes:

   • anglophil, anglophile - an admirer of England and things English
   • believer, truster - a supporter who accepts something as true
   • boswell - a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
   • cheerleader - an enthusiastic and vocal supporter
   • confederate - a supporter of the Confederate States of America
   • corporatist - a supporter of corporatism
   • enthusiast, partisan, partizan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
   • francophil, francophile - an admirer of France and everything French
   • free trader - an advocate of unrestricted international trade
   • functionalist - an adherent of functionalism
   • jacobite - a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
   • loyalist, stalwart - a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
   • new dealer - a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal
   • graecophile, philhellene, philhellenist - an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
   • mainstay, pillar - a prominent supporter
   • roundhead - a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
   • seconder - someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
   • shavian - an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works
   • endorser, indorser, ratifier, subscriber - someone who expresses strong approval
   • sympathiser, sympathizer, well-wisher - someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
   • toaster, wassailer - someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
   • maintainer, sustainer, upholder - someone who upholds or maintains
   • verifier, voucher - someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
   • whig - a supporter of the American Revolution
   same as: admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter
5. A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) (synset 109699104)
   is a type of: christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
   specific instances: penn, william penn - Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
   belongs to: quakers, religious society of friends, society of friends - a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
   same as: quaker

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