friend
Noun
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A person you know well and regard with affection and trust (synset 110132360)
"he was my best friend at the university"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)
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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 endeavorsubtypes: blood brother - a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brothersame as: ally
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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"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 -
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 ideasubtypes:
- 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
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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 denominationspecific 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 Quakerssame as: quaker
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