PALS
Child emergency certification
Pals are friends, especially close ones in casual contexts: We've been pals since college.
The word carries warmth without formality—you might introduce someone as my pal Steve but probably not at a business meeting.
To pal around is to spend time together as friends: They palled around all summer.
Informal term for friends
- friendsVoluntary close relations
- chumsClose companions
- matesFriends or breeding partners
- companionsThose who accompany
besties · amigos · confidants · sidekicks · comrades · cronies · playmates · cohorts
Forming close connections
- hanging outCasual socializing
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- trustConfidence in another
- supportTo uphold or sustain
companionship · fellowship · solidarity · kinship · brotherhood · sisterhood · togetherness · closeness
buddies
Informal term for friends
companions · besties · amigos · confidants · sidekicks · comrades · cronies · playmates · cohorts · allies
bonding
Forming close connections
- hanging outCasual socializing
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- trustConfidence in another
support · companionship · fellowship · solidarity · kinship · brotherhood · sisterhood · togetherness · closeness · affection
befriend
Form a companionship
connect · hang out · team up · partner · accompany · join · mingle · fraternize · consort · network
horse
Domesticated riding animal
mount · steed · trail horse
PALSenemies
Hostile opposing parties
foes · sworn enemies · adversaries · antagonists · nemeses
PALSstrangers
People unknown to you
perfect strangers · acquaintances · outsiders · unknowns · foreigners
- pen palLong-distance letter friend
- pal aroundAssociate in friendship
- cerebral palsyNeurological disorder impairing motor function
- old pal
- gal palWoman's platonic female companion
- Bell's palsySudden unilateral facial paralysis