Friend

  • 11friend — I noun acquaintance, adherent, advocate, ally, associate, backer, benefactor, cohort, colleague, companion, comrade, confidant, confederate, confrere, crony, defender, faithful companion, favorer, friend in need, partisan, partner, patron,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 12Friend — Friend, NE U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 1174 Housing Units (2000): 516 Land area (2000): 0.796804 sq. miles (2.063713 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.796804 sq. miles (2.063713 sq.… …

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  • 13Friend, NE — U.S. city in Nebraska Population (2000): 1174 Housing Units (2000): 516 Land area (2000): 0.796804 sq. miles (2.063713 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.796804 sq. miles (2.063713 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 14friend — [n1] confidant, companion acquaintance, ally, alter ego, associate, bosom buddy*, buddy, chum*, classmate, cohort, colleague, companion*, compatriot, comrade, consort, cousin, crony, familiar, intimate, mate, pal, partner, playmate, roommate,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 15friend|ed — «FREHN dihd», adjective. having a friend or friends …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 16friend — /frend/ noun (C) 1 PERSON YOU LIKE someone who you like very much and like to spend time with: Jerry, I d like to introduce you to my friend Lucinda. | be friends with sb: My parents have been friends with the Murkets for twenty years. | friend… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17friend */*/*/ — UK [frend] / US noun Word forms friend : singular friend plural friends 1) [countable] someone you know well and like, but who is not a member of your family She s visiting friends in Scotland. close/good/great friend: Helga is a close friend of… …

    English dictionary

  • 18friend — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ best, bosom, close, dear, fast (AmE), good, great, intimate, real, special ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 19friend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Person on intimate terms with another Nouns 1. friend, acquaintance, neighbor, well wisher; alter ego; bosom or fast friend, gentleman or lady friend; partner; fidus Achates; persona grata; associate,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 20friend —    ‘Unless there be real affection in his heart’, writes Nathaniel Hawthorne, in The Blithedale Romance, ‘a man cannot more effectually show his contempt for a brother mortal, nor more gallingly assume a position of superiority, than by… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address