as in friend
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 buddy
Earlier this year, the Sony Pictures’ Keke Palmer–SZA buddy comedy One of Them Days squeaked out a small profit, grossing $51 million on a $14 million budget (a sequel is reportedly in the works).
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Yet, Mayer and his buddies have found plenty of loopholes in that original band decree in order to keep playing — and keep making mountains of loot — most notably by performing two lengthy residences at the Sphere in Las Vegas, the most recent of which just finished up in May.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Foil and his family were eating at a Mexican restaurant in Fort Worth after a horse show last month when a buddy sent him Bieber’s video and asked: Is that you?
—Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2025
Allen Covert, a college buddy, appears alongside Adam, kicking off a long history of collaboration.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Yet, Mayer and his buddies have found plenty of loopholes in that original band decree in order to keep playing — and keep making mountains of loot — most notably by performing two lengthy residences at the Sphere in Las Vegas, the most recent of which just finished up in May.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Foil and his family were eating at a Mexican restaurant in Fort Worth after a horse show last month when a buddy sent him Bieber’s video and asked: Is that you?
—Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2025
Allen Covert, a college buddy, appears alongside Adam, kicking off a long history of collaboration.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buddy
friend
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In the photos, Thompson is seen playing baseball alongside his family and friends — and in one photo, poses in the dugout with his arm around Megan, 30.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Throughout the rest of the clip, Bob interviews a series of his friends before the show to get their predictions for how often Gaga will ask the crowd to raise their hands.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Buddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buddy. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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