friendship circles
Peer network rings
Friendship circles are the overlapping groups of friends a person maintains, often visualized as concentric rings with closest friends at the center and acquaintances at the outer edges.
The term appears in social psychology and self-help contexts to describe how people organize relationships by intimacy level: Her friendship circle from college still meets annually.
In educational settings, friendship circles are structured activities where students sit together to build social skills or resolve conflicts.
- cliqueExclusive social group
- squadSmall working group
- social groupPeople with shared bonds
- bestiesClosest companions, informally
- ride or dieUnfailingly loyal person
crew · tribe · bonds · trust · loyalty · belonging · gossip · group chat · secrets · laughter · hangouts · girls night · boys night · confidantes · companionship · exclusion · insiders · closeness
- Scoutingbadges, scout, Boy Scouts, campfires, scouts
- clubssports clubs, women's clubs, book club, chess club, book clubs
- life choicescareer change, career choice, college choice, family planning, childfree
friendship circlesenemies
Hostile opposing parties
strangers · adversaries · foes · antagonists · nemeses
friendship circlessocial isolation
Lack of human contact
strangers · outcasts · pariahs · enemies · loneliness
friendship circlessolitude
State of being alone
isolation · disconnection · atomization · alienation · loneliness
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