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The synonyms of “Crony” are: brother, buddy, chum, pal, sidekick, friend, best friend, companion, boon companion, intimate, familiar, confidant, confidante, second self
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crony” as a noun can have the following definitions:
best friend | The person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others. |
boon companion | A desirable state. |
brother | A man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents. The time is coming brothers for us to act. |
buddy | A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. I m working on it buddy. |
chum | Used as a friendly or familiar form of address between men or boys. An old school chum. |
companion | A person, usually a woman, employed to live with and assist another. A small companion galaxy. |
confidant | A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others. A close confidante of the princess. |
confidante | A female confidant. |
familiar | A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard. Her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts. |
friend | One’s close relatives. All of a sudden you ve got 50 friends online who need to stay connected. |
intimate | Someone to whom private matters are confided. His circle of intimates. |
pal | A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. We ve been pals for a long time. |
second self | 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d’Unites. |
sidekick | A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. Sherlock Holmes bumbling sidekick Watson. |
acquaintance | Acquaintances considered collectively. The pupils had little acquaintance with the language. |
affinity | The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule. The mysterious affinity between them. |
amicability | A disinclination to quarrel. |
aunt | The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle. She was brought up by her aunt and uncle. |
brother | A thing which resembles or is connected to another thing. There I was with one white boy and this other brother. |
buddy | Become friendly and spend time with someone. I m working on it buddy. |
colleague | A person who is member of one’s class or profession. The surgeon consulted his colleagues. |
companion | Be a companion to somebody. A traveller s companion. |
companionship | The state of being with someone. The love and companionship of marriage. |
comrade | A fellow member of the Communist Party. You re right comrade. |
couple | Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. Clean the stains with a couple squirts dishwashing liquid. |
cousin | A person in one’s wider extended family, to whom one is not closely related. She s a distant cousin. |
elder | A leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group. The elder of the two sons. |
familial | Relating to or having the characteristics of a family. Certain diseases are familial. |
fellow | A boy or man. He was learning with a rapidity unique among his fellows. |
folk | Folk music. A folk club. |
fraternal | (of twins) developed from separate ova and therefore genetically distinct and not necessarily of the same sex or more similar than other siblings. Fraternal twins are biovular. |
friend | Add someone to a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website. He was my best friend at the university. |
kinship | Blood relationship. Felt a deep kinship with the other students. |
mate | South American tea like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. A male is mated to several females. |
neighbour | A person who lives (or is located) near another. Our garden was the envy of the neighbours. |
pal | Spend time with a friend. Back off pal. |
partner | A person s partner in marriage. A partner in a prosperous legal practice. |
peer | A nobleman duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron who is a member of the British peerage. Faye peered at her with suspicion. |
playground | An area where many people go for recreation. Playground games. |
sibling | A person’s brother or sister. |
sister | A fellow woman seen in relation to feminist issues. A sister ship. |
sisterhood | An association, society, or community of women linked by a common interest, religion, or trade. Canadian feminists acknowledge their sisterhood with women around the globe. |
twin | A twin bedded room. Experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins. |
uncle | The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt. He played uncle to lonely students. |
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