Best friend
Best friend noun - The one friend who is closest to you.
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Synonyms for Best friend
Familiar and best friend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Familiar" instead a noun phrase "Best friend".
Familiar
Familiar noun - Someone who regularly spends time in a particular place.
Best friend and familiar are semantically related. You can use "Best friend" instead a noun "Familiar".
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Related pairs
- friend and best friend
- friend and familiar
- intimate and best friend
- intimate and familiar
- acquaintance and best friend
- acquaintance and familiar
- companion and best friend
- companion and familiar
- associate and best friend
- associate and familiar
- confidante and best friend
- confidante and familiar
- comrade and best friend
- comrade and familiar
Both terms in one sentence
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At the beginning of "The Reichenbach Fall," John's statement that "My best friend, Sherlock Holmes, is dead" sounds very familiar to Rose Tyler's This is the story of how I died.
Source: Series / Sherlock -
While most of the cast is Gender Flipped Universal Century characters, a few remain intact, like Gunnota's best friend Flay and a Cameo by three familiar-looking children.
Source: Gender Flip - The Noble Top Enforcer Fate Testarossa in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha genuinely loves her insane and abusive mother and believes she can still redeem her despite everyone—from her own familiar to her new best friend and the Space Police—telling her otherwise.
Source: Even Evil Can Be Loved
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Familiar and Best friend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/best_friend/familiar
Best friend & Familiar. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/best_friend/familiar>.
Familiar or Best friend. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/best_friend/familiar.
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