friendnoun [ C ]
usuk/frend/friend noun [ C ] (PERSON YOU LIKE)
A1 a person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family:
She's my best/oldest/closest friend - we've known each other since we were five.
He's a family friend/friend of the family.
This restaurant was recommended to me by a friend of mine.
We've been friends for years.
José and Pilar are (good) friends of ours.
We're (good) friends with José and Pilar.
She said that she and Peter were just (good) friends (= they were not having a sexual relationship).
I've made a lot of friends in this job.
He finds it difficult to make friends.
See also
befriend
someone who is not an enemy and who you can trust:
You don't have to pretend any more - you're among friends now.
More examples
- Is he a friend of yours ?
- Come and meet my friend Laura.
- Is it okay if I bring a friend to the party?
- I got a call from an old college friend last night.
- He's not my boyfriend - we're just good friends!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
- a friend in need is a friend indeed idiom
- acquaintance
- acquainted
- amigo
- bedmate
- companion
- comrade
- escort
- flatmate
- friendless
- gang
- girl
- girlfriend
- intimate 1
- neighbour
- peer group
- pen pal
- penfriend
- playmate
- posse
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friend noun [ C ] (PERSON GIVING MONEY)
someone who gives money to an arts organization or charity in order to support it:
The Friends of the Royal Academy raised £10,000 towards the cost of the exhibition.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Organizations - charities
- aid
- alms
- benevolent society
- button day
- charitable
- charity
- charity begins at home idiom
- debt relief
- flag day
- food bank
- foreign aid
- foundation
- fundraising
- non-profit
- non-profit-making
- Oxfam
- pearly king/queen
- the Red Crescent
- the Red Cross
- voluntary
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Idiom(s)
a friend in need is a friend indeed
have friends in high places
what are friends for?
with friends like you, who needs enemies?
friendverb [ T ]
uk/frend/usinformalto invite someone to be your friend on a social networking website:
I friended her and sent her a message.