ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

890. Friend -- N. friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend,
soulmate, fast friend; amicus [Lat.]; usque ad aras [Lat.]; fidus Achates [Lat.]; persona
grata.
acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding
acquaintance; wellwisher.
favorer, fautor † , patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan,
sympathizer; ally; friend in need &c (auxiliary) 711.
comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade † , confidante,
intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate,
childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow.
associate, colleague, compeer.
schoolmate, schoolfellow † ; classfellow † , classman † , classmate; roommate; fellowman,
stable companion.
best man, maid of honor, matron of honor.
compatriot; fellow countryman, countryman.
shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate † ; fellow companion, boon companion,
pot companion; copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner.
Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux † , Nisus and Euryalus [Lat.],
Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum [Lat.].
host, Amphitryon † , Boniface; guest, visitor, prot_eg_e.
Phr. amici probantur rebus adversis [Lat.]; ohne bruder kann man leben nicht ohne
Freund [G.]; best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness [G.
Eliot]; conocidos muchos amigos pocos [Sp.]; friend more divine than all divinities
[G.
Eliot]; vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo [Sp.].
891. Enemy -- N. enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman † ; open enemy, bitter enemy, opponent
&c 710; back friend.
public enemy, enemy to society.
Phr. every hand being against one; he makes no friend who never made a foe
[Tennyson].
with friends like that, who needs enemies?; Lord protect me from my friends; I can
protect myself from my enemies.
892. Sociality -- N. sociality, sociability, sociableness &c adj.; social intercourse;
consociation † ; intercourse, intercommunity † ; consortship † , companionship, comradeship;
clubbism † ; esprit de corps.
conviviality; good fellowship, good company; joviality, jollity, savoir vivre [Fr.],
festivity, festive board, merrymaking; loving cup † ; hospitality, heartiness; cheer.
welcome, welcomeness; greeting; hearty welcome, hearty reception, warm reception;
urbanity &c (courtesy) 894; familiarity.
good fellow, jolly fellow; bon enfant [Fr.], bawcock † .
social circle, family circle; circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company.
social gathering, social reunion; assembly &c (assemblage) 72; barbecue [U.S.], bee;
corn-husking [U.S.], corn-shucking [U.S.]; house raising, barn raising; husking, huskingbee
[U.S.]; infare † .