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be friends

VERB
associate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accompany join mix
STRONG
amalgamate confederate consort fraternize hobnob mingle pool
WEAK
be in cahoots buddy up bunch up come together gang up get in on get in with get into get together go along with go partners hang around hang out hang out with join up with line up with pal up play footsie with run around with run with string along with swing with take up with team up throw in together tie in tie up truck with work with
Antonyms
STRONGEST
divide leave separate withdraw
STRONG
disagree
WEAK
avoid disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate disunite divorce part sever

Example Sentences

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"Maybe you'd be friends if you just talked."

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The court heard in bodyworn footage, the woman can be heard telling officers: "It was like jealousy, controlling of like who I can be friends with."

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

So they included that moment, just so you get to see that Mike loves him as a best friend, and they will always be friends, which was nice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

“You can be friends with people in the government,” she says, “but you remember, and they remember, that the paper comes first.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Like maybe he’d forgotten we were supposed to be friends.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee