Synonyms of befriends

befriends

verb

present tense third-person singular of befriend

as in joins

to become a friend to (someone)

He befriended the new student.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joins
• friends
• travels
• relates
• runs
• sorts
• connects
• associates
• companies
• hooks up
• bonds
• collaborates
• socializes
• hangs (around or out)
• colludes
• mixes
• mingles
• consorts
• attaches
• cooperates
• pals (around)
• hobnobs
• fraternizes
• groups
• chums
• gangs
• rallies
• allies
• teams
• consociates
• ties
• weds
• conjoins
• interrelates
• clubs
• affiliates
• couples
• sides
• links
• messes around
• gets on
• gets along
• knots
• bands
• leagues
• confederates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• alienates
• snubs
• estranges
• disperses
• splits (up)
• disbands
• splits
• breaks up
• dissociates
• cold-shoulders
• severs
• divorces
• disjoins
• sunders
• disunites

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of befriends

Bialik will play a heightened version of herself who turns up as a defendant and befriends Rauch’s Judge Abby Stone. —Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024

In his attempts to escape the bustling city, Moon befriends a lost little girl named Luna. —EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024

Williams starred opposite young actress Violet McGraw as her orphaned niece who befriends the titular high-tech BFF that soon turns lethal. —Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024

Moon befriends a lost girl named Luna in his attempts to escape the bustling city (including flying chases and dashing through the subway). —Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024

When Ronja befriends the young boy Birk from a rival gang of robbers, a vicious family feud ignites. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024

In contemporary Paris, Anna, a married psychoanalyst on leave after a miscarriage, befriends Clémentine, a young woman who unwittingly opens a door onto Anna’s past. —The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024