fraternizer

Friendly with enemies

A fraternizer is someone who associates or mingles with others, especially when such contact is forbidden or frowned upon.

The word typically carries disapproval—soldiers fraternizing with the enemy, occupiers fraternizing with local populations, or workers getting too friendly with management: He was known as a fraternizer, always drinking with the German officers.

collaboration

collaborator

One who works jointly

cooperator · conspirator · partner · ally · abettor · colluder · insider · turncoat · defector · sympathizer

enemyconsort

traitor

One who betrays allegiance

turncoat · sympathizer · appeaser · defector · double-dealer · infiltrator · spy · informer · betrayer · renegade

socializing

mingler

One who circulates socially

partygoer · conversationalist · socialite · glad-hander · backslapper · host · regular · barfly · carouser · reveler

camaraderie

comrade

Fellow member, shared cause

confidant · intimate · bosom buddy · kindred spirit · chum · pal · crony · sidekick · mate · bonding

Opposites
social allegiance and boundary-keeping

fraternizerloyalist

Faithful supporter of authority

patriot · stalwart · diehard · true believer · hardliner

social engagement style

fraternizerloner

One who avoids company

recluse · hermit · misanthrope · snob · isolationist

Family

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Familiarity
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