Need another word that means the same as “pal”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “pal” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Pal” are: brother, buddy, chum, crony, sidekick, friend, companion, comrade, intimate, familiar, confidant, second self, man, my friend, chum up, pal up, become friendly, make friends, become friends, form a friendship, mix, keep company, mingle, socialize, get together, go around, rub shoulders, fraternize, consort, have dealings
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pal” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| brother | A man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents. A Benedictine brother. |
| buddy | A working companion with whom close cooperation is required. I m working on it buddy. |
| chum | A large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish. An old school chum. |
| companion | A person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time or with whom one travels. A traveller s companion. |
| comrade | (among men) a colleague or a fellow member of an organization. Comrades in arms. |
| 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. |
| crony | A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. He went gambling with his cronies. |
| familiar | A friend who is frequently in the company of another. Her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts. |
| friend | A contact on a social networking website. We are friends of the family. |
| intimate | A very close friend. His circle of intimates. |
| man | All of the living human inhabitants of the earth. Places untouched by the ravages of man. |
| my friend | A person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
| second self | A 60th part of a minute of arc. |
| sidekick | A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. Sherlock Holmes bumbling sidekick Watson. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pal” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| become friendly | Come into existence. |
| become friends | Enhance the appearance of. |
| chum up | Raise. |
| consort | Keep company. You chose to consort with the enemy. |
| form a friendship | Establish or impress firmly in the mind. |
| fraternize | Associate or form a friendship with someone, especially when one is not supposed to. She ignored Elisabeth's warning glare against fraternizing with the enemy. |
| get together | Evoke an emotional response. |
| go around | To be spent or finished. |
| have dealings | Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses. |
| keep company | Supply with room and board. |
| make friends | Put in order or neaten. |
| mingle | Be all mixed up or jumbled together. A smell which mingled disinfectant and soap. |
| mix | Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement. Oil and water don t mix. |
| pal up | Become friends; act friendly towards. |
| rub shoulders | Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. |
| socialize | Take part in social activities; interact with others. The children must be properly socialized. |
| acquaintance | Acquaintances considered collectively. I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert. |
| affinity | (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship. James s affinity with Sam. |
| befriend | Act as or become a friend to (someone), especially when they are in need of help or support. He makes a point of befriending newcomers to Parliament. |
| brother | A title given to a monk and used as form of address. My brother still lives with our parents. |
| buddy | A person who befriends and helps another with an incapacitating disease, typically AIDS. I m working on it buddy. |
| camaraderie | The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability. The enforced camaraderie of office life. |
| classmate | A fellow member of a class at school, college, or university. |
| colleague | A person with whom one works in a profession or business. The surgeon consulted his colleagues. |
| companion | Be a companion to somebody. Drinking companions. |
| companionship | A feeling of fellowship or friendship. The love and companionship of marriage. |
| comrade | A fellow soldier or member of the armed forces. You re right comrade. |
| comradeship | The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability. His greatest joy came from comradeship with others in the team. |
| 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. |
| couple | Two people or things of the same sort considered together. In three weeks the couple fell in love and became engaged. |
| cousin | A person in one’s wider extended family, to whom one is not closely related. The new motorbikes are not proving as popular as their four wheel cousins. |
| crony | A close friend or companion. He went gambling with his cronies. |
| fellow | One of a pair. Say fellow what are you doing. |
| folk | Relating to folk music. A folk club. |
| friend | Add someone to a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website. He was my best friend at the university. |
| friendship | A relationship between friends. Because of the friendship between our countries we had a very frank exchange. |
| grader | A wheeled machine for levelling the ground, especially in making roads. A first grader. |
| intimate | Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity – V.L. Parrington. Intimate relations between economics politics and legal principles. |
| mate | South American tea like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. He loved the mare and all her mates. |
| neighbor | Live or be located as a neighbor. Pakistan neighbors India. |
| neighbour | A person who lives (or is located) near another. I chatted with my neighbour on the flight to New York. |
| partner | Associate or work together as partners. He began to call potential coalition partners about forming a new government. |
| peer | A nobleman duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron who is a member of the British peerage. We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around. |
| sibling | A person’s brother or sister. |
| waif | A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned. A little shop presided over by a Gothic waif in purple eyeshadow and lipstick. |
| workmate | A fellow worker. |
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