buddy

About 3.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A friend or casual acquaintance.

   They have been buddies since they were in school.

2. noun A partner for a particular activity.

   drinking buddies

3. noun A workmate assigned to work closely with another.

   training buddies [mentor/mentee]

4. noun An informal and friendly address to a stranger, usually male; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.

   Hey, buddy, I think you dropped this.

5. pronoun A person far removed from the conversation.

   I found some earphones in the pocket, buddy must have been pissed.

6. verb To assign a buddy, or partner, to.
7. adjective Resembling a bud.

Similar words

chum crony brother sidekick pal friend amigo pardner pally guys

Often followed by

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Word family

buddied buddier buddies buddiest buddying