Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Friend

Nouns
  • friend, friend of one's bosom
  • alter ego
  • best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend
  • persona grata. acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding acquaintance
  • wellwisher. favorer, fautor, patron, Mecaenas
  • tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer
  • ally
  • friend in need etc. (auxiliary) Auxiliary. comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade, confidante, intimate
  • old crony, crony
  • chum
  • pal
  • buddy, bosom buddy
  • playfellow, playmate, childhood friend
  • bedfellow, bedmate
  • chamber fellow. associate, colleague, compeer. schoolmate, schoolfellow
  • classfellow, classman, classmate
  • roommate
  • fellow-man, stable companion. best man, maid of honor, matron of honor. compatriot
  • fellow countryman, countryman. shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate
  • fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion
  • copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner. Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux, Damon and Pythias, Amphitryon, Boniface
  • guest, visitor, prot_eg_e.
Phrases
  • best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness" [G. Eliot]
  • friend more divine than all divinities" [G. Eliot]