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Chum

A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.

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Bait 76% connected

Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

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Decoy 76% connected

To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to dec…

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Friend 76% connected

One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate ass…

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Lure 76% connected

A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.

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Salmon 76% connected

of Salmon

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Brother 76% connected

A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a…

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Crony 92% connected

A crone.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pal 92% connected

A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Amphidiploid noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent

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Academian noun · 78% connection

A member of an academy, university, or college.

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Academic noun · 78% connection

A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Academy noun · 78% connection

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of learning, holding a ra…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Bachelor noun · 78% connection

A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Belamy noun · 78% connection

Good friend; dear friend.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Bosom adjective · 78% connection

Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Campus noun · 78% connection

The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Civilian noun · 78% connection

A student of the civil law at a university or college.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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College noun · 78% connection

A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Collegian noun · 78% connection

A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Commoner noun · 78% connection

A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - -…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Degree noun · 78% connection

Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of bachel…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Doctor noun · 78% connection

An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has take…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Dormitory noun · 78% connection

a college or university building containing living quarters for students

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Education noun · 78% connection

the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

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Faculty noun · 78% connection

The body of person to whom are intrusted the government and instruction of a college or university, or of one of its departments; the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Familiar adjective · 78% connection

Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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Fealty noun · 78% connection

Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roommate, college, university, intimate, friend.
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