Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

pen pal

NOUN
friend made through letterwriting
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Sullivan said Peck showed him letters and photos that he exchanged with pen pal Gacy.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2024

Sigrid shared similar experiences, offering that “your pen pal will change your perspective on life, and you will gain as much as they do from the correspondence.”

From Slate Sep. 12, 2023

A woman whose childhood pen pal suddenly stopped writing after fleeing the Rwanda genocide has written a novel to "exorcise the grief of not knowing what happened" to her.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2023

Twenty years after their unlikely pen pal correspondence comes to a sudden end, Iris is working as a journalist in London and sets about trying to find her pen friend.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2023

And to my pen pal, Hirohito, but I kept that to myself.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training