Friend

Noun

 * 1) A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
 * 2) A boyfriend or girlfriend.
 * 3) An associate who provides assistance.
 * 4) A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted
 * 5) A person who backs something.
 * 6)  An object or idea that can be used for good.
 * 7)  Used as a form of address when warning someone.
 * 8)  In object-oriented programming, a function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.

Verb

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

Adjectives for Friend
true; literary; importunate; merry; dissipated; vindictive; benevolent; strong; creditable; rival; family steadfast; unswerving; unrepentant; pro yoking; pock-marked; middle-aged; satirical; reasonable; particular; virtuous; mod est; long-tried;  long-known; gossiping courageous; unwavering; sympathizing questioning; suspicious; unconditional choice; well-tried; false; sad; well-advised irritable; gifted; prying; indefatigable; well-meaning; circumspect; valued; discriminating; influential; wonderful; feathered; familiar; perfidious; neglecting; faithless; thankless; all-seeing; political; social; frank; loyal; impressionable; impetuous; fiery; sworn; intimate; gracious; genial; impartial; democratic; discouraging; unprofitable; distinguished; disinterested; ardent; benignant; charitable; obliging; disapproving; enthusiastic; serviceable; congenial; dexterous; hollow; affectionate; distressful; devoted; indiscreet; candid; bubbling; esteemed; immediate; marvelous; illustrious; indisposed; courtly; unfortunate; lasting; solid; lifelong; profligate; distant; utmost; roistering; tyrannous; ancient; medieval; timid; loving; acquainted; unflinching; high-toned; imaginary; lawless; ecclesiastical; sable; caressing; inconstant; confidential; honorable; quondam; bleating; censorious; departed; much-lamented; scrutinizing; numerous (plural); timorous; magnanimous; mute amiable; philanthropic; treacherous; ab sent; traitorous; consumptive; blushing hospitable; lazy; valuable; firm; velvet festive; veteran; sweet; judicious; coolest; inebriated; unselfish; inestimable gentle; spirited; puissant; officious; powerful; epicurean; banished; bosom; inseparable; obliging; staunch; long-sustaining; be loved; worthy; trusty; conservative; liberal; secret; nameless; common; late-em barked; warmest; conforming; comforting; honest; unforgiving; caring; kind; generous; supportive; loyal; demanding; distant;

Verbs for Friend
betray—; cast away—; con¬cede to—; exasperate—; exempt—s; favor—; accept as—; accost—; affront—; alienate—; berate—; forsake—; harbor—; idolize—; join—; lack—; let down—; muster—s; part with—; protect—; sacrifice—; succor—; sustain—; take leave of—s; value—; vex—s; wish—; yield to—; —consoles; — drift away; — lends a hand; —prevails; —stands by; — supports.

Synonyms

 * befriend
 * bud, buddy , chum , mate , pal, crony, amigo
 * boyfriend, girlfriend, lover
 * acquaintance
 * ally
 * admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter
 * buster, mate, pal
 * See also Thesaurus:friend

Antonyms

 * defriend, unfriend
 * enemy, foe, nemesis
 * enemy, foe

Derived terms

 * a friend in need is a friend indeed
 * best friend
 * befriend
 * bosom friend
 * boy friend
 * boyfriend
 * circle of friends
 * fair-weather friend
 * false friend
 * friend of mine
 * friend of ours
 * friend with benefits
 * friendish
 * friendless
 * friendly


 * Friends
 * friendship
 * friends list
 * friend zone
 * false friend
 * girl friend
 * girlfriend
 * good friend
 * identification friend or foe
 * lady friend
 * man's best friend
 * old friend
 * penfriend/pen friend/pen-friend
 * schoolfriend

Thesaurus
mate, mistress, moll, pal, partner, patron, playmate, roomie, soul mate, squeeze, supporter, sweetheart, twist, woman, acquaintance, adherent, advocate, ally, alter ego, amigo, angel, associate, baby, backer, beau, bedfellow, benefactor, best friend, bird, boon companion, bosom buddy, bosom friend, boyfriend, chum, co-worker, cocker, cohort, colleague, compatriot, compeer, comrade, concubine, confederate, confidant, confidante, confrere, consociate, crony, doxy, escort, familiar, fellow, financier, girl, intimate, investor, lover, man,

Etymology
From frend:, freond:, from  freond:, from, from. Cognate with freon:, froen:, freondinne:,  vriend:,  frund:, fründ:,  Freund:,  frænde:,  frände:,  frændi:,  𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃:. More at.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: vriend vriendin
 * Albanian:
 * Aleut: agiitaadax
 * American Sign Language:
 * Amharic: ጓደኛ (gwadäñña), ወዳጅ (wodajj)
 * Arabic:, ; ,
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azeri:
 * Bashkir:
 * Belarusian: ,
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: amic, amiga
 * Cebuano: higala
 * Chamicuro: ,
 * Chechen:
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Min Nan: 朋友 (pêng-iú)
 * Chiricahua: ch’oondé (Chiricahua); -dnndénde ("friends") (Mescalero)
 * Chuvash:
 * Crimean Tatar: dost, arqadaş (northern dialect also kaday)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch: vriend, vriendje, vriendin, vriendinnetje , maatje
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ystävä, kaveri, frendi, ystävätär ,
 * French: ,
 * Gagauz: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (fílos),  (fíli)
 * Greenlandic:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Ido:,  ,
 * Igbo:
 * Ilocano: gayyem
 * Indonesian: teman, sahabat, kawan, sobat
 * Interlingua: amico
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kapampangan: kaluguran
 * Karachay-Balkar:, ,
 * Kazakh:
 * Khakas:
 * Khmer: មិត្ត, ពួកម៉ាក
 * Korean: ,
 * Kumyk: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: heval, dost, yar, hevrê
 * Sorani:, , ,


 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ສັມພັດຕະ
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luhya:
 * Malay:, ,
 * Manx:
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo:, (plural akʼisóó)
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Novial: amike
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old English: ,
 * Old Irish:
 * Old Norse: vinr
 * Old Provençal:
 * Pangasinan: kaaro
 * Persian:, (rafiq)
 * Plains Apache: ch’ąą
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ; ,
 * Russia Buryat:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: drug, drugar, drugarica, prijatelj, prijateljica
 * Shor:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: rafiki (noun 9/10),
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: kaibigan
 * Tajik: ,
 * Tamil: நண்பன் (naNban), தோழன் (tOzhan)
 * Taos: púyena
 * Tatar: ,
 * Telugu: స్నేహితుడు (snEhituDu), మిత్రుడు (mitruDu) (masculine); స్నేహితురాలు (snEhituraalu), మిత్రురాలు (mitruraalu) (faminine)
 * Thai:, (sa hāy)
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: ,
 * Tuvan:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: (dost), متر
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:,  ,  ,  flenef,  hiflenef,  jiflenef
 * Waray-Waray: sangkay
 * West Frisian:
 * Western Apache: -dekee ("close friend")
 * Yakut:
 * Yiddish: ,


 * Afrikaans: kêrel, ou, meisie
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: хлопец, каханак , дзяўчына , каханка
 * Chinese: 男朋友 (nán-péngyǒu) ; 女朋友 (nǔ-péngyǒu)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: vriend, vriendje , vriendin
 * Esperanto: amulo, amulino
 * Finnish: poikaystävä ; tyttöystävä ; ystävä
 * French: petit ami, copain ; petite amie , copine
 * German: ,
 * Greek: φίλος (fílos), φίλη (fíli) , slang: γκόμενος (gómenos) , γκόμενα (gómena) , αμόρε (amore)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: pacar, kekasih
 * Italian: fidanzato ; fidanzata


 * Japanese: 彼氏 (かれし) (kareshi), 彼女 (かのじょ) (kanojo)
 * Polish:, , , ,
 * Portuguese: namorado ; namorada
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: друг (drug), (padrúga); приятель (prijátel’) , приятельница (prijátel’nitsa)
 * Scottish Gaelic: bràmair
 * Slovene: fant, punca , dekle
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: syota, bata
 * Tamil: நண்பன் (naNban), தோழன் (tOzhan)
 * Thai: (fan)
 * Turkish: erkek arkadaş, kız arkadaş , sevgili


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: знаёмы, знаёмая
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: známý, známá
 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Icelandic: ,


 * Italian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: znanec, znanka
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:


 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew:
 * Spanish: aliado
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:


 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: příznivec, příznivkyně
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:


 * Croatian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Swahili:
 * Telugu:


 * Croatian:
 * Czech: kámo, milej zlatej
 * Finnish:
 * German: Freundchen
 * Hungarian: barátocskám


 * Icelandic:, , góði , góða  ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish: przyjacielu, kolego, przyjaciółko, koleżanko
 * Swahili:


 * : mignon (1), mignonez  (2)
 * : ai
 * : मित्र
 * : priateľ, priateľka
 * : priateľ, priateľka

Verb

 * Belarusian:
 * Dutch:
 * French: ami


 * Russian: дружить
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,

Anagrams

 * finder
 * refind