| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. One who shares interests or activities with another: associate, chum, companion, comrade, crony, fellow. Informal : buddy, pal. See NEAR. 2. A person whom one knows well, likes, and trusts: amigo, brother, chum, confidant, confidante, familiar, friend, intimate1, pal. Informal : bud2, buddy. Slang : sidekick. See LOVE. 3. One of a matched pair of things: companion, counterpart, double, duplicate, fellow, match, twin. See SAME. 4. A husband or wife: consort, partner, spouse. Informal : better half. See MARRIAGE. | | VERB: | 1. To join or be joined in marriage: espouse, marry, wed. Slang : hitch. Idioms: tie the knot. See MARRIAGE. 2. To engage in sexual relations with: bed, copulate, couple, have, sleep with, take. Idioms: go to bed with, make love, make whoopee, roll in the hay. See SEX.
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