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Synonyms for pal

Most common

mate buddy sidekick crony boy-friend punk sony mush

All synonyms

Noun

1. Buddy — A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with

buddy, friend, crony, mate, sidekick, amigo, good old boy, partner, bully boy, associate, comrade, butty, pardner, chum dated, brud slang

Other

boy-friend, sony, punk, mush, wack, cuh slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with.

    Little Timmy's out playing with his pals.

Related words

Word family
pally palship palsy
Phrases
pal up pal around pen pal sex pal

Forms

Plural
pals → buddies, friends, cronies, mates…

Example sentences

  • mate I never thought I'd be lucky enough to get a mate.
  • buddy Remember to always swim with a buddy, never alone.
  • sidekick Tom has a sidekick named John.
  • punk He listened to his old punk records nostalgically.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
palrising
materising
buddyrising
sidekickrising
cronyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
cuh
4 letters
mate1, sony2, punk1, chum1, mush1, wack1, brud
5 letters
buddy2, amigo3, crony2, butty
6 letters
friend1
7 letters
partner2, comrade2, pardner
8 letters
sidekick2
9 letters
associate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sony2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pote
Deutsch
Kumpel