as in friends
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
my old college buddy is the one person I can always turn to
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Recent Examples of buddies
Paragons of chill, the equivalent of three buddies drinking a few beers, too tired to get up off their lily pads/sofas.
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Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
The company's four founders – Matthew Calkins, Michael Beckley, Robert Kramer, Marc Wilson – are tech guys, mostly college buddies who started this company out of a garage.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026
Venus and Marcus are bosom buddies again.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
The viewer might wonder if the scene of Anna interacting with neighbor James (Shane Harper) and his drinking buddies, who are hanging out on lawn chairs in the drive, elicits more anxiety for her safety than the director intended.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
Our buddies who also run chess clubs don’t have as many women (in their clubs), either.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Paramount Pictures, under whom Grant was contracted, worked to contain the narrative, circulating carefully staged images of the pair as the ultimate bosom buddies.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 28 Jan. 2026
Last month, prosecutors dropped assault charges against Marimar Martinez after questions arose about the official version of an agent who shot her in traffic in Brighton Park, purportedly in self-defense, then bragged later about his marksmanship in text messages with his buddies.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
That’d be like a guy going to the racetrack with his buddies right when his pregnant wife’s water broke.
—John Phillips, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
The company's four founders – Matthew Calkins, Michael Beckley, Robert Kramer, Marc Wilson – are tech guys, mostly college buddies who started this company out of a garage.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026
Venus and Marcus are bosom buddies again.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
The viewer might wonder if the scene of Anna interacting with neighbor James (Shane Harper) and his drinking buddies, who are hanging out on lawn chairs in the drive, elicits more anxiety for her safety than the director intended.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
Our buddies who also run chess clubs don’t have as many women (in their clubs), either.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Paramount Pictures, under whom Grant was contracted, worked to contain the narrative, circulating carefully staged images of the pair as the ultimate bosom buddies.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 28 Jan. 2026
Last month, prosecutors dropped assault charges against Marimar Martinez after questions arose about the official version of an agent who shot her in traffic in Brighton Park, purportedly in self-defense, then bragged later about his marksmanship in text messages with his buddies.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
That’d be like a guy going to the racetrack with his buddies right when his pregnant wife’s water broke.
—John Phillips, Oc Register, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buddies
friends
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Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny (and Vogue’s fashionable December digital cover star) took the stage at the 2026 Super Bowl—and brought his celebrity friends along for the celebration.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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Bring your friends, too, because it’s meant to serve four.—
Jayna Bardahl,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Buddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buddies. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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