friendlies

noun

plural of friendly
as in friends

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendlies
  1. friends
  2. buddies
  3. chums
  4. familiars
  5. pals
  6. comrades
  7. amigos
  8. compadres
Noun
  • Photos of wallets, textiles, sports equipment, photos, jewelry, signs, flags, quilts, stuffies, toys and camp trunks filled the page as strangers banded together in the comments sections, tagging potential rightful owners or friends with any leads.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Lotsof and his friends were shocked to find their cravings had vanished.
    — Gavin Escott, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of friends
Noun
  • Juan Correa traveled from Bucaramanga, Colombia, with his buddies Nick Arrieta, Alejandro Garcia and Santiago Rivera, arriving in KC on Thursday.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Gaze at a passing cloud, curl up under a shady tree with a good book, or take a stroll and chat with your best buddies to savor the season.
    — Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Parents, 2 July 2026
Definition of buddies
Noun
  • Commissioned by Mattel as a blatant weekly half-hour commercial for its popular toy line, the show pits He-Man and his heroic chums against the evil (but strangely inept) Skeletor in a battle for control of Castle Grayskull.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
  • To be sure, Maher’s ready wit and spontaneous repartee as a talk show host were central themes for the parade of chums who praised the honoree.
    — Paul Harris, Variety, 29 June 2026
Definition of chums
Noun
  • Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of familiars
Noun
  • In addition to one very big bow, the clip also starred a then-unknown John Leguizamo as one of the artist's pals.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
  • Hollywood pals, including Josh Gad, posted tributes in his honor.
    — Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
Definition of pals
Noun
  • But the mass rebellion Brown predicted never materialized, leaving him and his comrades trapped inside the arsenal.
    — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 26 June 2026
  • One of his book-hunting comrades was his longtime friend and fellow New York guitar visionary Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
Definition of comrades
Noun
  • Clear and Cohen were amigos, and rather than compete, linked arms on Backrooms and won the producer bakeoff.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 31 May 2026
  • Amigos son los amigos (Friends Will Be Friends, 1989–1992), Grande, Pá!
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 May 2026
Definition of amigos
Noun
  • Spending two-plus hours of quality time with a randy demon and his dead compadres turns out to be fun.
    — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Definition of compadres
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