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Noun friend has 5 senses
- friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
--1 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--1 has particulars: | | Damon and Pythias; alter ego; amigo; best friend; brother, comrade; buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick; companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate; confidant, intimate; flatmate; girlfriend; light; mate; roommate; schoolfriend; Damon; Phintias, Pythias |
- ally, friend - an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers"
--2 is a kind of associate
Antonyms: foe, enemy
--2 has particulars: blood brother
- 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"
--3 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--3 has particulars:
- supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
--4 is a kind of advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
--4 has particulars: | | anglophile, anglophil; believer, truster; Boswell; cheerleader; Confederate; enthusiast, partisan, partizan; Francophile, Francophil; free trader; functionalist; Jacobite; loyalist, stalwart; New Dealer; philhellene, philhellenist, Graecophile; pillar, mainstay; Roundhead; seconder; Shavian; subscriber, endorser, indorser, ratifier; sympathizer, sympathiser, well-wisher; toaster, wassailer; upholder, maintainer, sustainer; voucher, verifier; Whig |
- Friend, Quaker - a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
--5 is a kind of Christian
--5 is a member of Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Quakers
--5 has particulars: Penn, William Penn
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