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Friend

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

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Advocate 76% connected

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

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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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Christian 76% connected

One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward li…

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Exponent 76% connected

A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a fa…

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Proponent 76% connected

Making proposals; proposing.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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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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Believer 76% connected

One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.

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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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Chum 76% connected

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

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Classmate 76% connected

One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college.

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Companion 76% 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 76% connected

A mate, companion, or associate.

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Confederate 76% connected

United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.

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Confidant 76% connected

Alt. of Confidante

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Crony 76% connected

A crone.

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Endorser 76% connected

Same as Indorser.

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Enthusiast 76% connected

One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman;…

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Familiar 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.

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Fellow 76% connected

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

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Indorser 76% connected

Alt. of Indorsor

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Intimate 76% connected

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

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Jacobite 76% connected

A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and…

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Loyalist 76% connected

A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defen…

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Mainstay 76% connected

The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.

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Maintainer 76% connected

One who maintains.

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Mate 76% 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…

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Messmate 76% connected

An associate in a mess.

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Pal 76% connected

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

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Partisan 76% connected

An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.

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Philhellene 76% connected

A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist.

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Philhellenist 76% connected

A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Tur…

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Pillar 76% connected

The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not suppor…

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Ratifier 76% connected

One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer.

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Roundhead 76% connected

A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

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Schoolfellow 76% connected

One bred at the same school; an associate in school.

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Schoolmate 76% connected

A pupil who attends the same school as another.

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Seconder 76% connected

One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.

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Stalwart 76% connected

Alt. of Stalworth

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Subscriber 76% connected

One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.

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Sustainer 76% connected

One who, or that which, sustains.

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Sympathizer 76% connected

One who sympathizes.

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Toaster 76% connected

One who toasts.

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Truster 76% connected

One who trusts, or credits.

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Upholder 76% connected

A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.

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Verifier 76% connected

One who, or that which, verifies.

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Voucher 76% connected

One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.

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Wassailer 76% connected

One who drinks wassail; one who engages in festivity, especially in drinking; a reveler.

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Whig 76% connected

Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.

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Friendly 74% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Friendly 74% connected

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

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Support 74% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Support 74% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Synonym 7

Acquaintance 92% connected

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of…

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Admirer 92% connected

One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.

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Ally 92% connected

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often fo…

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Champion 92% connected

To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

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Protagonist 92% connected

One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like.

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Quaker 92% connected

One who quakes.

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Supporter 92% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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Enemy 94% connected

One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy…

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Enemy 94% connected

One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy…

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