mutual friends
Friends in common
Mutual friends are people who are friends with both you and someone else.
The term typically arises when two people discover they share a connection: It turns out we have several mutual friends from college.
On social media platforms, mutual friends are displayed to show the overlap between your network and another user's, often suggesting how you might know each other or establishing social credibility.
- colleaguesProfessional associates
- associatesConnected persons or links
- contactsPeople you know professionally
- peersThose of equal status
- acquaintancePerson slightly known
ally · social graph · relationship · group cohesion · introduction · intercommunication · reciprocity · social capital · community · collective identity · clique · referral · confidant · algorithm · rapport · network effect · social circle · inner circle
- contactsfamily, contact list, neighbor, acquaintances, phone book
- social contactscontacts, buddies, connections, acquaintances, followers
- social networksfollowers, social circle, networks, profiles, users
- social tiespals, buddies, mates, companions, chums
- breakupheartbreak, closure, moving on, rebound, rebounds
- Six DegreesKevin Bacon, degrees, separation, connection, social distance
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