English noun: friend | |||
1. | friend (person) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust | ||
Samples | He was my best friend at the university. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alter ego, amigo, associate, best friend, brother, brother, buddy, chum, companion, comrade, comrade, confidant, crony, familiar, fellow, flatmate, girlfriend, intimate, light, mate, pal, roomie, roommate, roomy, schoolfriend, sidekick | ||
Instance hyponym | Damon, Damon and Pythias, Phintias, Pythias | ||
2. | friend (person) an associate who provides cooperation or assistance | ||
Samples | He's a good ally in fight. | ||
Synonyms | ally | ||
Broader (hypernym) | associate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blood brother | ||
Antonyms | foe, enemy | ||
3. | friend (person) a person with whom you are acquainted | ||
Samples | I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances. We are friends of the family. | ||
Synonyms | acquaintance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bunkmate, campmate, class fellow, classmate, connection, end man, homeboy, messmate, pickup, schoolfellow, schoolmate | ||
Antonyms | stranger, alien, stranger, unknown | ||
4. | friend (person) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | ||
Samples | All their supporters came out for the game. They are friends of the library. | ||
Synonyms | admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter | ||
Broader (hypernym) | advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anglophil, anglophile, believer, Boswell, cheerleader, Confederate, corporatist, endorser, enthusiast, Francophil, Francophile, free trader, functionalist, Graecophile, indorser, Jacobite, loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, New Dealer, partisan, partizan, philhellene, philhellenist, pillar, ratifier, Roundhead, seconder, Shavian, stalwart, subscriber, sustainer, sympathiser, sympathizer, toaster, truster, upholder, verifier, voucher, wassailer, well-wisher, Whig | ||
5. | Friend (person) a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) | ||
Synonyms | Quaker | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Christian | ||
Instance hyponym | Penn, William Penn | ||
Member meronym | Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends | ||