Synonyms: friend, mate [informal], pal, companion More Synonyms of buddy
2. vocative noun
Men sometimes address other men as buddy.
[US, informal]
Hey, no way, buddy.
3.
See buddy buddy
buddy in British English
(ˈbʌdɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-dies
1. mainly US and Canadian an informal word for friend. Often shortened (as a term of address) to: bud
2.
a volunteer who visits and gives help and support to a person with AIDS
3.
a volunteer who gives help and support to a person who has become disabled but is returning to work
verbWord forms: -dying or -died
4. (intransitive)
to act as a buddy to a person with AIDS
Word origin
C19: probably a baby-talk variant (US) of brother
buddy in American English
(ˈbʌdi)
US
nounWord forms: pluralˈbuddies Informal
1.
a close friend; companion; comrade; esp., a comrade in arms
2.
either of two persons paired off in a partnership arrangement (buddy system) for mutual help and protection, as in combat or in children's camp activities
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈbuddied or ˈbuddying
3. Informal
to associate as a buddy or buddies
Examples of 'buddy' in a sentence
buddy
Find a new me buddy who you can call in those missing moments of motivation.
The Sun (2017)
Sometimes it's the only place they can come regularly to meet people and become good buddies.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We did not skip off the bus and become great buddies overnight.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We asked a few old riding buddies if they were game enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They were close buddies and climbing friends.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They become like buddies you go out with for a beer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Proof that an exercise buddy works wonders.
The Sun (2015)
Or are they just drinking buddies?
The Sun (2010)
The buddy movie is coming of age, at last.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Recently, my best friend was praying for an old college buddy who was terminally ill.
Christianity Today (2000)
Hot Fuzz is a buddy movie both in front of and behind the camera.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Many of the reading buddies work full-time and do just one hour a week.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He decides to live the lie and joins the gang - until one of his new buddies betrays him.
The Sun (2006)
So we can get a better picture of me with my new buddies, a keeper throws in some food pellets.
The Sun (2012)
We are all great buddies.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
buddy
British English: buddy NOUN
A buddy is a close friend, usually a male friend of a man.
We became great buddies.
American English: buddy
Brazilian Portuguese: camarada
Chinese: 好朋友 >常用于男子之间
European Spanish: compañero
French: copain
German: Kumpel
Italian: amico
Japanese: 親友
Korean: 친구
European Portuguese: camarada
Latin American Spanish: compañero
All related terms of 'buddy'
buddy-buddy
If one person is buddy buddy with another, they are very close friends .
buddy movie
a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
fuck buddy
a person with whom another person has a relationship based on casual sex only
buddy system
the practice of pairing swimmers, each being responsible for the other's safety
bosom friend
an intimate friend
Chinese translation of 'buddy'
buddy
(ˈbʌdɪ) (inf)
n(c)
(esp US, = friend) 朋友 (péngyou) (个(個), gè)
(US, form of address) 老兄 (lǎoxiōng)
(noun)
Definition
a friend
US, Canadian)
We became great buddies.
Synonyms
friend
I had a long talk with my best friend.
mate (informal)
A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
pal
We've been pals for years.
companion
He has been her constant companion for the last six years.
comrade
Unlike so many of his comrades, he survived the war.
chum (informal)
My dear old chum, what you tell me won't go any further.
crony
his weekend drinking sessions with his cronies
or blud">blood or blud (British, slang)
A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
main man (slang, mainly US)
homeboy (slang, mainly US)
cobber (Australian, New Zealand, old-fashioned, informal)
He was just acting big in front of his cobbers.
E hoa (New Zealand)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of blood
Definition
a friend: often used as a term of address between males
A mate of mine used to play soccer for Liverpool.
Synonyms
friend,
pal (informal),
companion,
buddy (informal),
china (British, slang, old-fashioned),
cock (British, informal),
comrade,
chum (informal),
mucker (British, informal, old-fashioned),
crony,
or blud">blood or blud (British, slang),
main man (slang, US),
homeboy (slang, US),
cobber (Australian, New Zealand, old-fashioned, informal),
E hoa (New Zealand),
M8
in the sense of chum
Definition
a close friend
My dear old chum, what you tell me won't go any further.
Synonyms
friend,
mate (informal),
pal (informal),
companion,
cock (British, informal),
comrade,
crony,
or blud">blood or blud (British, slang),
main man (slang, US),
cobber (Australian, New Zealand, old-fashioned, informal),