boon companions
Inseparable loyal friends
Boon companions are close friends who share good times together, especially drinking and revelry.
The phrase is somewhat literary or old-fashioned: They had been boon companions since their university days.
Boon here means convivial or merry—a sense that survives mainly in this set phrase.
- best friendsClosest mutual companions
- old friendsLong-term close acquaintances
- sworn brothersMen bound by oath
- band of brothersWarriors bound by loyalty
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
affection · brotherhood · confidant · celebration · feasting · loyalty · thick and thin · reminiscing · storytelling · kinship · drinking · devotion · revelry · tavern · fellowship · sisterhood · gathering · allyship
boon companionsstrangers
People unknown to you
acquaintances · nodding acquaintances · fair-weather friends · ships passing in the night · contacts
boon companionssworn enemies
Adversaries committed to opposition
adversaries · foes · archenemies · antagonists · nemeses
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