pals
Your inner circle
Pals are friends, typically close ones with an easy, familiar relationship.
The word suggests warmth without formality: We've been pals since college.
As a verb, to pal around is to spend time together casually: They palled around all summer.
Pal can also be a form of address, sometimes friendly, sometimes confrontational: Listen here, pal.
Close companions
- buddiesInformal term for friends
- matesFriends or breeding partners
- amigosSpanish word for friends
- compadresTrusted male friends
homies · confidants · cronies · sidekicks · playmates · companions · acquaintances · classmates
Mutual goodwill among companions
- bondingForming close connections
- togethernessState of close connection
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- kinshipState of being related
brotherhood · sisterhood · loyalty · trust · companionship · friendship · solidarity · affinity
People who back something
- backersFinancial supporters
- confederatesAllies in wrongdoing
- accomplicesPartners in crime
- cohortsGroups of accomplices
collaborators · advocates · defenders · fellow travelers · sympathizers · wingmen · partners · squad
People at same job
- associatesConnected persons or links
- teammatesFellow squad members
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
- partnersJoint venture participants
peers · counterparts · classmates · colleagues · workmates · lab partners · study buddies · work friends
chums
Close companions
compadres · homies · confidants · cronies · sidekicks · playmates · companions · acquaintances · classmates · schoolmates
fellowship
Mutual goodwill among companions
- bondingForming close connections
- togethernessState of close connection
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
kinship · brotherhood · sisterhood · loyalty · trust · companionship · friendship · solidarity · affinity · closeness
supporters
People who back something
- backersFinancial supporters
- confederatesAllies in wrongdoing
- accomplicesPartners in crime
cohorts · collaborators · advocates · defenders · fellow travelers · sympathizers · wingmen · partners · squad · crew
coworkers
People at same job
- associatesConnected persons or links
- teammatesFellow squad members
- collaboratorsPeople who work jointly
partners · peers · counterparts · classmates · colleagues · workmates · lab partners · study buddies · work friends
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- childhood friendshipbest friends, playmates, sharing, birthday parties, sleepovers
- friend groupssquad, crew, posse, clique, gang
- friendsfriend, best friend, buddy, buddies, close friend
- social tiesfriends, buddies, mates, companions, chums
- chosen familychosen family, found family, framily, kindred spirits, adopted family
palsenemies
Hostile opposing parties
foes · sworn enemies · adversaries · antagonists · nemeses
palsstrangers
People unknown to you
complete strangers · unknowns · acquaintances · outsiders · passersby
- pen palLong-distance letter friend
- pal aroundAssociate in friendship
- cerebral palsyNeurological disorder impairing motor function
- old pal
- gal palWoman's platonic female companion
- Bell's palsySudden unilateral facial paralysis