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friend
[ frend ]
noun
- a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms: ,
friends of the Boston Symphony.
Synonyms: ,
- a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile:
Who goes there? Friend or foe?
- a member of the same nation, party, etc.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms: ,
- Friend, a member of the Society of Friends; a Quaker:
The religious practices of Friends are founded in direct communion with God.
- a person associated with another as a contact on a social media website:
We've never met, but we're Facebook friends.
verb (used with object)
- Rare. to befriend.
- to add (a person) to one's list of contacts on a social media website:
I just friended a couple of guys in my class.
friend
1/ ڰɛԻ /
noun
- a person known well to another and regarded with liking, affection, and loyalty; an intimate
- an acquaintance or associate
- an ally in a fight or cause; supporter
- a fellow member of a party, society, etc
- a patron or supporter
a friend of the opera
- be friendsto be friendly (with)
- make friendsto become friendly (with)
verb
- tr an archaic word for befriend
Friend
2/ ڰɛԻ /
noun
- a member of the Religious Society of Friends; Quaker
Friend
3/ ڰɛԻ /
noun
- mountaineering a device consisting of a shaft with double-headed spring-loaded cams that can be wedged in a crack to provide an anchor point
Derived Forms
- ˈڰԻ, noun
- ˈڰԻ, adjective
- ˈڰԻness, noun
Other Word Forms
- ڰԻ· adjective
- ڰԻ··ness noun
- ԴDz·ڰԻ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of friend1
Word History and Origins
Origin of friend1
Idioms and Phrases
- make friends with, to enter into friendly relations with; become a friend to.
More idioms and phrases containing friend
In addition to the idiom beginning with friend , also see fair-weather friend ; make friends .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The movie, which he made with longtime friend and collaborator Oliver Cooper, was borne of a lot of heart and DIY resourcefulness, but they like working that way.
“My friends are my biggest influences. All of my favorite musicians come out of the Baltimore area,” he says.
When her friend and tintype mentor came to town, the pair went to Mills’ old property to poke around.
Facing the blank page perturbed Boneta at the beginning of his first foray into long-form writing, so he asked his writer friends for advice.
"Currently me and my friends here are now going to go to my car, because i've had to bring my car up from home which is costing me quite a bit of money," he said.
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How Do You Spell Friend?
Spelling tips for friend
The word friend is hard to spell for two reasons. First, it sounds like [ frend ], making it easy to miss the i. Second, even if you know there is an i, it can be difficult to remember the order of the i and the e.
How to spell friend: To remember that friend has an i in it, think of the phrase “I see my friends on Friday.” Both friend and Friday begin fri-. If you remember that friend has an i in it, but just can’t remember where it goes, keep in mind the classic mnemonic device “I before E, except after C.”
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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