Meaning

11 senses

  1. A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.

    John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college.

    Trust is important between friends.

    Freund, Kumpel, Kamerad

    другdrug, подру́гаpodrúga, прия́тельprijátelʹ

    другdruh, при́ятельprýjatelʹ, подру́гаpodrúha

  2. An associate who provides assistance; patron, mentor.

    The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend. The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend.

    an associate who provides cooperation or assistance

  3. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.

    a friend of a friend

    I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him.

    Bekannter, Bekannte

    знако́мыйznakómyj, знако́маяznakómaja

    a person with whom you are acquainted

  4. A person who backs or supports something.

    I’m not a friend of cheap wine.

    Freund, Freundin

    a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

  5. (informal)An object or idea that can be used for good.

    Fruit is your friend.

    Freund

  6. (colloquial, ironic)Used as a form of address when warning someone.

    You’d better watch it, friend.

    Freundchen

  7. A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.

  8. A spring-loaded camming device.

  9. (euphemistic)A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.

    Freund, Liebster, Freundin

    другdrug, подру́гаpodrúga, прия́тельprijátelʹ

  10. (in the plural)Used to refer collectively to a group of associated individuals, especially those comprising a cast, company, or crew

    Meanwhile on The View, Whoopi Goldberg and friends continue to spout their takes on the hot topics of the day.

  11. (Scotland, obsolete)A relative, a relation by blood or marriage.

    Friends agree best at a distance.

    Make friends of framet folk.

Examples

13420 sentences

  1. You and I are good friends.

    Ми з тобою добрі друзі. — deniko

    ruТы и я - хорошие друзья. — Lenin_1917

    deDu und ich sind gute Freunde. — mauersegler

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  2. Let's shake hands and be friends.

    Давай потиснемо руки і будемо друзями. — deniko

    ruДавай пожмём руки и будем друзьями. — JeNNeR

    deLass uns die Hand reichen und Freunde sein. — mauersegler

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  3. Tom is a friend of mine.

    Том мій друг. — deniko

    ruТом мой друг. — Mauritz

    deTom ist ein Freund von mir. — enteka

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  4. Tom and I are good friends.

    Ми з Томом добрі друзі. — deniko

    ruТом и я — хорошие друзья. — sharptoothed

    deTom und ich sind gute Freunde. — MUIRIEL

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  5. It's for a friend of mine.

    Це для мого друга. — sinichka

    ruЭто для моего друга. — Hellerick

    deEs ist für einen Freund von mir. — Espi

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person whose company one enjoys:
Русский
By meaning 3
person whose company one enjoys:
person with whom you are acquainted:
boyfriend or girlfriend:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
person who provides assistance:
person whose company one enjoys:
person with whom you are acquainted:
(sarcastic) form of address used to warn someone:
boyfriend or girlfriend:

Origin

From Middle English freend, frend, frende, freynde, friend, frind, frond, frund, vrend, vr

From Middle English freend, frend, frende, freynde, friend, frind, frond, frund, vrend, vryend, from Old English frēond, frīond (“friend”, literally “loving [one], lover”), from Proto-West Germanic *friund, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend, loved one”), from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to please; to love”), roughly equivalent to free + -nd. See also Friday.

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Forms

plural: friends

Synonyms

61 synonyms
person with whom you are acquainted:acquaintanceB1contactA2
person who backs something:championB1protagonistC1supporterB1admirerbooster
form of address used in warning someone:mateB2palA2buddyB1bustersonny
boyfriend or girlfriend:loverA2
companyA2budB2companionB1cronyC2dudeB1duckA2sportA1et al.babberbillybredrinbruvbuddobutty
sympathizer, helper:allyB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

13 antonyms
enemyB1creepfalse friendfiendC1jerknemesispillA2scuzzscuzzballstinkerwretch
person with whom you are acquainted:strangerA2
person who provides assistance:foe

Word family

121 related words
RelatedallyB2classmateA1neighborA1neighbourA1playmateB2schoolmateB1roommateB2acquaintanceB1associateB1sweetheartA2bedfellowbedmatechildhood friendcompatriotfair-weather friendfamily friendfellow travellerflatmatefrenemyhousematemouth-friendold friendplayfellowroomie
DerivedboyfriendA1girlfriendA1penfriendA2affriendedall-weather friendbackfriendbefriendbest friendbig friendbosom friendboy friendclimber's friendcyberfrienddumb friende-friendenbyfriendenemies-to-friends-to-loversex-friendfalse friendfast friendfeathered friendfine-feathered friendflu friendfour-legged friend

Collocations

12 patterns
  • best best friend
  • friend of mine
  • best friend
  • a friend of
  • with his friends
  • of my friends
  • have any friends
  • and his friends
  • close friends
  • of his friends
  • friend of yours
  • an old friend

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
frictionFridayA1fridgeA2friendlessfriendlinessB1friendlyB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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