- friend
- nounADJECTIVE▪ best, bosom, close, dear, fast (AmE), good, great, intimate, real, special▪
Her best friend at school was called Anna.
▪I'm inviting only my closest friends to the party.
▪ faithful, loyal, real, true, trusted▪ lifelong, long-standing (esp. BrE), long-time, old▪It was so relaxing to be among old friends.
▪ long-lost▪ new, new-found▪ female, guy (AmE, informal), male, woman▪He was last seen leaving a restaurant with a female friend.
▪ gay, straight▪ single▪Does your sister have any single friends?
▪ fair-weather▪People he had trusted turned out to be only fair-weather friends.
▪ so-called, supposed▪My so-called friends are making fun of me because of my weight.
▪ mutual▪We met each other through a mutual friend.
▪ family, personal▪ childhood, college, school▪Do you keep in touch with any school friends?
▪ imaginary▪ onlineVERB + FRIEND▪ become▪They became friends after meeting at college.
▪ remain, stay▪We stayed friends even after we grew up and left home.
▪ find, make▪He finds it difficult to make friends.
▪She's made friends with the little girl who lives next door.
▪ win▪He won't win any friends if he carries on talking like that.
▪ have▪She doesn't have many good friends.
▪ losePREPOSITION▪ friend from▪a friend from high school
PHRASES▪ a circle of friends, a group of friends▪He introduced me to his circle of friends.
▪ a friend of a friend▪ a friend of mine, yours, etc.▪I was given this necklace by a good friend of mine.
▪ be just friends (with sb) (= not having a romantic relationship with someone)▪ be more than just friends (with sb) (= be having a romantic relationship with someone)▪ friends and family, friends and neighbours/neighbors▪ make friends (with sb)▪ need a friend▪If you need a friend, just call me.
▪ sb's only friend▪ sb's own friends▪Even his own friends don't believe him.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
