FRIEND

n. one who is affectionately attached to another; pal, buddy; fan, supporter; one who belongs to the same group; one who is not hostile; member of the Religious Society of Friends, Quaker

Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more humans. This article focuses on the notion specific to interpersonal relationships. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, and affection. Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other, often to the point of altruism. Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. A friend is someone who may often demonstrate reciprocating and reflective behaviors. Yet for many, friendship is nothing more than the trust that someone or something will not harm them. Value that is found in friendships is often the result of a friend demonstrating on a consistent basis: the tendency to desire what is best for the other,sympathy and empathy,honesty, perhaps in situations where it may be difficult for others to speak the truth, especially in terms of pointing out the perceived faults of one's counterpartmutual understanding.
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Noun
1. a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
(synonym) Quaker
(hypernym) Christian
(hyponym) Penn, William Penn
(member-holonym) Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Quakers

Noun
1. a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) Damon and Pythias
2. an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers"
(synonym) ally
(antonym) foe, enemy
(hypernym) associate
(hyponym) blood brother
3. a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
(synonym) acquaintance
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) bunkmate
4. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
(synonym) supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster
(hypernym) advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
(hyponym) anglophile, anglophil

(v. t.)
To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
  

(n.)
One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.
  

(n.)
One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
  

(n.)
One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.
  

(n.)
One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.
  

(n.)
A paramour of either sex.
  

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