friend - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

Synonyms

• Friend
• Quaker

More generic

• Christian

Related

• Quakers
• Religious Society of Friends
• Society of Friends

Noun

a person with whom you are acquainted

Synonyms

• acquaintance
• friend

More generic

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

More specific

• bunkmate
• campmate
• class fellow
• classmate
• connection
• end man
• homeboy
• messmate
• pickup
• schoolfellow
• schoolmate

Noun

an associate who provides cooperation or assistance

Synonyms

• ally
• friend

More generic

• associate

Opposite / Antonyms

• foe

More specific

• blood brother

Noun

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

Synonyms

• friend

More generic

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

More specific

• alter ego
• amigo
• associate
• best friend
• brother
• buddy
• chum
• companion
• comrade
• confidant
• crony
• familiar
• fellow
• flatmate
• girlfriend
• intimate
• light
• mate
• pal
• roomie
• roommate
• roomy
• schoolfriend
• sidekick

Noun

a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

Synonyms

• admirer
• booster
• champion
• friend
• protagonist
• supporter

More generic

• advocate
• advocator
• exponent
• proponent

More specific

• Boswell
• Confederate
• Francophil
• Francophile
• Graecophile
• Jacobite
• New Dealer
• Roundhead
• Shavian
• Whig
• anglophil
• anglophile
• believer
• cheerleader
• corporatist
• endorser
• enthusiast
• free trader
• functionalist
• indorser
• loyalist
• mainstay
• maintainer
• partisan
• partizan
• philhellene
• philhellenist
• pillar
• ratifier
• seconder
• stalwart
• subscriber
• sustainer
• sympathiser
• sympathizer
• toaster
• truster
• upholder
• verifier
• voucher
• wassailer
• well-wisher

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