fraternizers
Those who befriend
Fraternizers are people who associate with those considered enemies or outsiders, often implying inappropriate intimacy or collaboration.
The term carries disapproval—soldiers fraternizing with the enemy, or workers fraternizing with management.
The fraternizers were shunned by their fellow troops.
The word suggests boundary-crossing that others find objectionable or disloyal.
Associating with others
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- traitorsThose who commit disloyalty
- defectorsThose abandoning allegiance
- sympathizersThose favoring a cause
enemy · forbidden · taboo · disloyal · turncoats · informants · quislings · appeasers
People who work jointly
- cooperatorsThose who work jointly
- partnersJoint venture participants
- colleaguesProfessional associates
- alliesCooperative partners united together
confederates · co-conspirators · accomplices · sympathizers · consorting · colluding · conspiring · affiliates
Close allies in cause
- companionsThose who accompany
- associatesConnected persons or links
- confidantsTrusted secret-keepers
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
affinity · kinship · closeness · fellowship · solidarity · brotherhood · sisterhood · connection
Those who socialize freely
- networkersThose cultivating professional contacts
- socialitesPeople famous for attending events
- partygoersCelebration attendees
- schmoozingCasual strategic socializing
mixing · gathering · conversing · entertaining · receptions · mixers · get-togethers · functions
consorting
Associating with others
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- traitorsThose who commit disloyalty
- defectorsThose abandoning allegiance
sympathizers · enemy · forbidden · taboo · disloyal · turncoats · informants · quislings · appeasers
collaborators
People who work jointly
- cooperatorsThose who work jointly
- partnersJoint venture participants
- colleaguesProfessional associates
allies · confederates · co-conspirators · accomplices · sympathizers · consorting · colluding · conspiring · affiliates · cohorts
comrades
Close allies in cause
- companionsThose who accompany
- associatesConnected persons or links
- confidantsTrusted secret-keepers
rapport · affinity · kinship · closeness · fellowship · solidarity · brotherhood · sisterhood · connection · intimacy
minglers
Those who socialize freely
- networkersThose cultivating professional contacts
- socialitesPeople famous for attending events
- partygoersCelebration attendees
schmoozing · mixing · gathering · conversing · entertaining · receptions · mixers · get-togethers · functions · soirees
fraternizersisolationists
Those opposing foreign involvement
loners · hermits · recluses · misanthropes · introverts
fraternizersloyalists
Faithful to established authority
patriots · hardliners · separatists · partisans · resisters