friend

friend is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
2. noun. One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.
3. noun. One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.
4. noun. One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.
5. noun. A paramour of either sex.
6. transitive verb. To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
7. noun. a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

   Synonyms: quaker

8. noun. a person with whom you are acquainted

   "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"

   "we are friends of the family"

   Synonyms: acquaintance

9. noun. an associate who provides cooperation or assistance

   "he's a good ally in fight"

   Synonyms: ally

10. noun. a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

    "he was my best friend at the university"

11. noun. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

    "all their supporters came out for the game"

    "they are friends of the library"

    Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter

Synonyms

quaker, acquaintance, ally, admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in friend:

finder, redfin, refind

Common word forms

friends, friended, friendly, friending, friendless

Words from these letters

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