| befriend | | |
| v. (social) | 1. befriend | become friends with.; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?" |
| ~ bind, bond, attach, tie | create social or emotional ties.; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" |
| ~ chum up, pal, pal up | become friends; act friendly towards. |
| friend | | |
| n. (person) | 1. friend | a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.; "he was my best friend at the university" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ comrade, brother | used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement.; "Greetings, comrade!" |
| ~ buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick, brother | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. |
| ~ companion, comrade, associate, familiar, fellow | a friend who is frequently in the company of another.; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" |
| ~ confidant, intimate | someone to whom private matters are confided. |
| ~ flatmate | an associate who shares an apartment with you. |
| ~ girlfriend | any female friend.; "Mary and her girlfriend organized the party" |
| ~ light | a person regarded very fondly.; "the light of my life" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ 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). |
| n. (person) | 2. ally, friend | an associate who provides cooperation or assistance.; "he's a good ally in fight" |
| ~ associate | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor.; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" |
| ~ blood brother | a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother. |
| n. (person) | 3. acquaintance, friend | a person with whom you are acquainted.; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ 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).; "he has powerful connections" |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (person) | 4. admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter | a person who backs a politician or a team etc..; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" |
| ~ advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. |
| ~ 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.; "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning" |
| ~ confederate | a supporter of the Confederate States of America. |
| ~ corporatist | a supporter of corporatism. |
| ~ enthusiast, partizan, partisan | 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.; "he is a pillar of the community" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ well-wisher, sympathiser, sympathizer | 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.; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy" |
| ~ verifier, voucher | someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement. |
| ~ whig | a supporter of the American Revolution. |
| n. (person) | 5. friend, quaker | a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers). |
| ~ quakers, religious society of friends, society of friends | a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers. |
| ~ christian | a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination. |
| ~ penn, william penn | Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718). |
| pal | | |
| n. (person) | 1. brother, buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. |
| ~ cobber | Australian term for a pal. |
| ~ friend | a person you know well and regard with affection and trust.; "he was my best friend at the university" |
| v. (social) | 2. chum up, pal, pal up | become friends; act friendly towards. |
| ~ befriend | become friends with.; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?" |
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