friend
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
he was my best friend at the university
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Sense 2 noun
an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
he's a good ally in fight
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Sense 3 noun
a person with whom you are acquainted
I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances
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Sense 4 noun
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
all their supporters came out for the game
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | friendship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | friendly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alter ego |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amigo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | best friend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | comrade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | companion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confidant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flatmate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | girlfriend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | light |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | roommate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | schoolfriend |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Damon and Pythias |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Damon |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Phintias |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | foe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ally |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | associate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | blood brother |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | stranger |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | stranger |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquaintanceship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | friendship |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bunkmate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | campmate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | connection |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | end man |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | homeboy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | messmate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pickup |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | schoolmate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | defend |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | champion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | admire |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | back |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | encourage |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | exponent |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | anglophile |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | believer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Boswell |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheerleader |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Confederate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | corporatist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | partizan |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Francophile |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | free trader |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | functionalist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Jacobite |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | loyalist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | New Dealer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | philhellene |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mainstay |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Roundhead |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | seconder |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shavian |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | endorser |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | well-wisher |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | toaster |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | upholder |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | voucher |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Whig |