friend

Meaning

Noun

1. A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
2. An associate who provides assistance.
3. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
4. A person who backs or supports something.
5. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
6. (colloquial) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
7. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
8. A spring-loaded camming device.
9. A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.
10. (obsolete) A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.
11. Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew

Verb

1. (obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
2. To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.

Concepts

friend

companion

comrade

mate

pal

buddy

acquaintance

partner

associate

fellow

colleague

ally

chum

supporter

lover

crony

well-wisher

brother

girlfriend

boyfriend

fellow-thinker

friendship

confidant

follower

playmate

intimate

adherent

relative

booster

cobber

playfellow

disciple

sister

close friend

fan

love

compeer

admirer

champion

protagonist

helper

patron

neighbour

consort

peer

co-worker

gang

my friend

enemy

cousin

amigo

participant

man

sweetheart

guest

visitor

advocate

girl

wife

spouse

familiar face

bud

familiar

adviser

counsellor

ami

sympathizer

favorer

befriend

fraternize

old chap

old fellow

assistant

benefactor

favourite

fellow-clansman

relation

fellow-villager

equal

accomplice

boulder

date

sharer

escort

friends

bloke

boy

buster

dog

dude

fella

feller

guy

lad

sort

sport

plugger

angel

backer

promoter

subscriber

subsidiser

subsidizer

Friend

valentine

bedfellow

intimacy

protector

Mitra

schoolmate

best friend

you

male friend

female cousin

female friend

sibling

older sister

amateur

advocator

henchman

pursuivant

bruv

company

eme

sidekick

Miss

babe

dame

damoiselle

damosel

damozel

damsel

demoiselle

fille

lady

mademoiselle

maid

maiden

mesdemoiselles

sexpot

signorina

wench

woman

young woman

bride

bride-to-be

fiancee

husband

kicky-wicky

darling

dearie

honeybunny

honeypie

sugarpie

contact

adept

apologist

defender

exponent

lawyer

proponent

upholder

vindicator

votary

marra

marrow

puchito

shill

yaar

shagger

cow-orker

coworker

camerade

fellow soldier

tovarich

tovarish

tovarishch

organizer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹɛnd/

Etymology

From Middle English frend, freend, from Old English frēond (“friend”, literally “loving[-one], lover”), from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“lover, friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to like, love”), equivalent to free + -nd.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fjund, Früünd (“friend”), West Frisian freon, froen, freondinne (“friend”), Dutch vriend (“friend”), Low German Frund, Fründ (“friend, relative”), Luxembourgish Frënd (“friend”), German Freund (“friend”), Danish frænde (“kinsman”), Swedish frände (“kinsman, relative”), Icelandic frændi (“kinsman”), Welsh ffrind (“friend”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (frijōnds, “friend”). More at free.
Other cognates include Russian прия́тель (prijátelʹ, “friend”) and Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá-, “beloved”).

Sentences

But the boy never took his eye off his new friend .

" He lives at the Al-Fayoum oasis ," his friend had said .