friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus [Lat.]; usque ad
aras [Lat.]; fidus Achates [Lat.]; persona grata.
acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance,
nodding acquaintance; wellwisher.
favorer, fautor†, patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius,
advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need &c (auxiliary)
711.
comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade†,
confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy;
playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber
fellow.
associate, colleague, compeer.
schoolmate, schoolfellow†; classfellow†, classman†, classmate;
roommate; fellow-man, stable companion.
best man, maid of honor, matron of honor.
compatriot; fellow countryman, countryman.
shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate†; fellow companion,
boon companion, pot companion; copartner, partner, senior partner,
junior partner.
Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux†, Nisus and
Euryalus [Lat.], Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum [Lat.].
host, Amphitryon†, Boniface; guest, visitor, protégé.
Phr. amici probantur rebus adversis [Lat.]; ohne bruder kann man leben
nicht ohne Freund [G.]; best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness
[G.
Eliot]; conocidos muchos amigos pocos [Sp.]; friend more divine
than all divinities [G.
Eliot]; vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo [Sp.].