matey
Buccaneer's casual greeting
Matey is an informal, chiefly British term for friendly or companionable: The boss was being unusually matey today.
It can carry a hint of suspicion—excessive friendliness that seems calculated: He got a bit too matey with the investors.
As a noun, matey is a casual form of address, like mate: Listen here, matey.
Informal term for companion
- chumFriend or fish scraps
- palClose trusted companion
- amigoSpanish for friend
- comradeFellow member, shared cause
sidekick · companion · friend · ally · associate · crony · confidant · acquaintance
Ship's manual laborer
- sailorSeafaring crew member
- marinerOne who navigates ships
- seafarerOne who navigates oceans
- boatswainShip's deck petty officer
helmsman · quartermaster · midshipman · crew · captain · skipper · swabbie · sea dog
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- BlackbeardFamous Caribbean buccaneer
Captain Hook · Jack Sparrow · parrot · Jolly Roger · treasure · cutlass · galleon · doubloon
buddy
Informal term for companion
comrade · sidekick · companion · friend · ally · associate · crony · confidant · acquaintance · fellow
deckhand
Ship's manual laborer
boatswain · helmsman · quartermaster · midshipman · crew · captain · skipper · swabbie · sea dog · landlubber
buccaneer
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
Blackbeard · Captain Hook · Jack Sparrow · parrot · Jolly Roger · treasure · cutlass · galleon · doubloon · marooned
mateyunfriendly
Not welcoming or warm
hostile · cold · frosty · icy · antagonistic
mateyformal
Following strict protocol
stiff · standoffish · reserved · distant · aloof
mateyunsociable
Disinclined toward companionship
unsocial · antisocial · withdrawn · reclusive · solitary
- soul mateIdeal romantic counterpart
- first mateCaptain's second-in-command
- running mateVice presidential nominee
- mating seasonReproductive cycle timing
- alma materOne's former institution
- mating danceRitualized movements seeking reproduction
mate, playmate, classmate, mating, mates, mated, roommate, teammate, checkmate