pen pal

noun

Definition of pen palnext
as in alter ego

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Recent Examples of pen pal This may entail weekly video calls, yearly visits, or even a pen pal type exchange via traditional mail. — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 7 Mar. 2026 The paper is keepsake quality, so expect your pen pal to keep your letter forever. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Feb. 2026 Luna cited examples of crackdowns on Monday, including a bust on an incarcerated man running a prostitution ring from prison through a pen pal system. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026 In the fifth book in the series, To Sir Phillip, With Love, Eloise becomes pen pal with Sir Philip Crane and eventually falls in love with him. — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pen pal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pen pal
  1. alter ego
  2. friend
  3. pal
  4. blood brother
  5. buddy
  6. partner
  7. intimate
  8. familiar
Noun
  • Does Absolutely feel like an alter ego or an extension of yourself?
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026
  • Peter Parker’s alter ego lands in Australia, India and Saudi Arabia on Thursday, with Japan going on Friday.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 July 2026
Definition of alter ego
Noun
  • Samaritan's Purse said nearly every patient treated at its field hospital has lost a family member or close friend.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Can any human being be a true friend to thousands or even millions of people at once?
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of friend
Noun
  • Peter’s beloved Aunt May (played by Marisa Tomei) died in No Way Home, and his girlfriend, MJ (Zendaya), and best pal, Ned (Jacob Batalon), had their memories of him wiped away for their own protection.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Paul released a treasure trove of private diary entries and emails from Fauci to celebrity pals, friends, allied media figures, or his peers in epidemiology.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of pal
Noun
  • In the first Manitou film, Herbig played Abahachi, chief of the Apache, who is inseparable from his blood brother Ranger (Christian Tramitz) since the latter saved Abahachi from a speeding train at an unguarded railroad crossing.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of blood brother
Noun
  • His buddy Batista was slain by Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage), but there’s no doubt Quinn will suspect Dexter played a role in it.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 July 2026
  • Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris and Arturo Castro also star in the film, in which Cena plays an undercover CIA agent who inadvertently gets his buddies tied up in a globe-trotting adventure.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Definition of buddy
Noun
  • There’s one song that Michael Sanders and I, and my other writing partner Michael Ciro, wrote together that was really interesting.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • In April, Star-Telegram media partner WFAA reported that the district had over 200 teaching vacancies.
    — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
Definition of partner
Noun
  • The viral swimsuit is available in 20 different colors, ranging from sizes XS to XL, and that's not the only swim offering this intimates brand offers.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 24 June 2026
  • Fruit of the Loom already has a reputation for creating comfortable intimates and this bra falls right in line, while also remaining basically invisible under clothing.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
Definition of intimate
Noun
  • Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of familiar

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“Pen pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pen%20pal. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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