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Fellow

A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

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Broader term 7

Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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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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Lover 76% connected

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

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Male 76% connected

Evil; wicked; bad.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Member 76% connected

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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Singleton 76% connected

In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.

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Date 76% connected

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

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Dog 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

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Escort 76% connected

A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant;…

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Playfellow 76% connected

A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate.

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Playmate 76% connected

A companion in diversions; a playfellow.

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Comradeship 74% connected

The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

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Comradeship 74% connected

The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

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Fellowship 74% connected

The state or relation of being or associate.

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Fellowship 74% connected

The state or relation of being or associate.

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Containing whole 12

Brace 70% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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Couple 70% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Couplet 70% connected

Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.

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Distich 70% connected

A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

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Duad 70% connected

A union of two; duality.

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Duet 70% connected

A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

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Duo 70% connected

A composition for two performers; a duet.

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Dyad 70% connected

Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.

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Pair 70% connected

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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Span 70% connected

imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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Twain 70% connected

Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.

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Yoke 70% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Synonym 15

Associate 92% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Beau 92% connected

A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion; a dandy.

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Buster 92% connected

Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree.

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Chap 92% connected

To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

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Colleague 92% connected

A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.

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Companion 92% connected

One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of,…

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Comrade 92% connected

A mate, companion, or associate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confrere 92% connected

Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.

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Dude 92% connected

A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations.

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Familiar 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Feller 92% connected

One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.

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Gent 92% connected

Gentle; noble; of gentle birth.

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Lad 92% connected

p. p. of Lead, to guide.

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Mate 92% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swain 92% connected

A servant.

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