bosom buddy
Intimate trusted companion
A bosom buddy is a very close friend, someone you trust completely and share your innermost thoughts with.
The phrase evokes the image of holding someone close to your heart—your bosom being the chest area associated with deep affection and intimacy.
We've been bosom buddies since grade school.
The term has an old-fashioned, slightly sentimental quality but remains in use, sometimes playfully.
- best friendMost trusted companion
- chumFriend or fish scraps
- palClose trusted companion
- kindred spiritPerson with shared sensibilities
- intimateClosely personal or private
confidant · dear friend · ride-or-die · through thick and thin · BFF · companion · childhood friend · sidekick · soul mate · comrade · partner in crime · joined at the hip · close friend · true blue · fast friend · crony · ally · heart-to-heart
bosom buddystranger
Person not yet known
complete stranger · acquaintance · casual acquaintance · nodding acquaintance · fair-weather friend
bosom buddysworn enemy
Vowed lifelong adversary
mortal enemy · archenemy · nemesis · bitter enemy · worst enemy
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