as in friends
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 buddies
Trouble down in Georgia Steve Daniel and Tony D had been buddies for a long time.
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Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
While the women hear Brie’s confession, Jack and his Marine buddies are chatting around a fire.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
About two hours later Franklin, with buddies Cody Steine and Zeb Beam, showed up and the four men picked up the blood trail.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2024
My brother's doing all the designs, like my best buddies is helping like run the behind the scenes.
—Outside Online, 11 Dec. 2024
Against this backdrop of heightened demand for golf travel, Bandon Dunes – home to seven courses along the rugged coastline in southern Oregon – has emerged as a favorite for buddies’ trips and beyond.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Most of my high school buddies got married and started having kids at 18 or 19.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
Venom is hunted by antagonistic forces from his home world while Eddie runs afoul of more human villains, and the bantering bosom buddies have to work together to save each other.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2024
But the place was packed with construction guys, office workers, families, and buddies on lunch dates.
—Austin Bush, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
While the women hear Brie’s confession, Jack and his Marine buddies are chatting around a fire.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
About two hours later Franklin, with buddies Cody Steine and Zeb Beam, showed up and the four men picked up the blood trail.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2024
My brother's doing all the designs, like my best buddies is helping like run the behind the scenes.
—Outside Online, 11 Dec. 2024
Against this backdrop of heightened demand for golf travel, Bandon Dunes – home to seven courses along the rugged coastline in southern Oregon – has emerged as a favorite for buddies’ trips and beyond.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Most of my high school buddies got married and started having kids at 18 or 19.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
Venom is hunted by antagonistic forces from his home world while Eddie runs afoul of more human villains, and the bantering bosom buddies have to work together to save each other.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2024
But the place was packed with construction guys, office workers, families, and buddies on lunch dates.
—Austin Bush, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Buddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buddies. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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