Friend
//fɹɛnd//
Word Type
Noun
Proper Noun
Verb
The word "friend" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.
Word Relationships
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Capable Of
back up borrow eggs borrow money from roommates call call by nickname call friend on phone captain boat come over come over for dinner come over for lunch come over for visit come to house coming home cover up for dare friend dare to kiss fool double score on test drive to dallas texas drop by for visit give gift to friend guard secret help plant tree honor promise include in conversation judge actions of another friend keep secret laugh at jokes laugh to himself lend book lend car to another friend lend clothes lend tool lending car to lending lawnmower let win listen to problems mail present to meet at coffee shop meet for coffee needle needle another friend needle mercilessly needle person offer solace offer to help promise to help receive gift rely on remember birthday return phone call return phone calls share drink with share feelings with another friend shoulder blame shoulder burden for shoulder burden for person sit on chair speak klingon spot athlete spot weightlifter talk talk to thank another friend travel across country trust trust another friend wave good bye wave goodbye to another friend wave to friend welcome friend wish good luck write letter
Derived Terms
Dorothy's friend Friends Friendsgiving Friendsmas Friendster Google is your friend McKenzie friend Nigel No Friends Nigel no-friends Religious Society of Friends Society of Friends Wigner's friend a friend in need is a friend indeed affriended all-weather friend asking for a friend back-friend backfriend befriend best friend best friend forever big friend bosom friend boy friend boy-friend boyfriend chick friend chick-friend childhood friend circle of friends climber's friend close friend cyberfriend diamonds are a girl's best friend dumb friend e-friend enbyfriend enemies-to-friends-to-lovers ex-friend fair weather friend fair-weather friend fairweather friend false friend family friend fast friend feathered friend fine-feathered friend flu friend four-legged friend framily fremesis frenemy friend at court friend boy friend girl friend group friend of Bill friend of Bill W. friend of Bill's friend of Bluey friend of Dorothy friend of a friend friend of court friend of mine friend of ours friend of the court friend price friend request friend with benefits friend zone friend zonee friend-in-law friend-shaped friend-to-friend friend-zone friend-zonee friendboy friendess friendful friendgirl friendhood friendish friendiversary friendless friendlike friendling friendlist friendly friendmaking friendo friendom friends in high places friends in higher places friends in low places friends list friends-to-lovers friendship friendshiply friendshoring friendsies friendsome friendworthy friendy fuckfriend furriend galfriend girl friend girl-friend girlfriend glue friend good friend grandfriend guy friend guy-friend half-friend hi-bye friend identification friend or foe imaginary friend just friends lady friend litigation friend little friend m'learned friends make friends man's best friend manfriend merfriend misfriend monthly friend more than friends motorman's friend mouth-friend mutual friend my enemy's enemy is my friend my friend my learned friend nepo friend nepotism friend newfriend next friend non-friend nonfriend old friend old man's friend out-friend outfriend partial false friend pen friend pen-friend penfriend playfriend plumber's friend prisoner's friend public Friend say hello to my little friend schoolfriend semifriend short accounts make long friends short reckonings make long friends special friend squirrel friend stepfriend superfriend the enemy of my enemy is my friend the enemy of your enemy is your friend theyfriend true friend un-friend unfriend waiter's friend what are friends for wife's best friend with friends like these who needs enemies womanfriend
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Has Part
Has Property
Part Of (Holonyms)
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Type Of (IsA)
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Not Desires
Related Terms
acquaintance ally associate bedfellow bedmate childhood friend classmate co-worker compatriot fair-weather friend family friend fellow traveller flatmate frenemy friend of a friend goombah hail fellow well met housemate mouth-friend neighbor neighbour old friend partner in crime playfellow playmate roomie roommate schoolmate sweetheart
Related Terms
acquaintance acquainted affection ally amiable amigo assistance associate befriend best best buddy best forever best pal boyfriend buddy buddy pal cam cherished cherished person chum class companion companion buddy comrade confidant confidante family favorite favorite person forever function girlfriend good good acquaintance good buddy good mate good pal group indirectly lover loyalty mate member nice nice companion pal pal buddy paramour people person personal personal ally private protected quaker relationship social networking spouse vaguely you
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.