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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural buddies) Etymology: probably baby talk alteration of brother Date: 1850 1. a. companion, partner b. friend 1 2. fellow — used especially in informal address II. intransitive verb (buddied; buddying) Date: 1918 to become friendly — usually used with up or with III. adjective Date: 1976 featuring a friendship or partnership between the two main usually male characters <a buddy movie>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. esp. US colloq. --n. (pl. -ies) (often as a form of address) a close friend or mate. --v.intr. (-ies, -ied) (often foll. by up) become friendly. Etymology: perh. corrupt. of brother, or var. of BUTTY(1)

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(buddies) A buddy is a close friend, usually a male friend of a man. (mainly AM) We became great buddies. = pal N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

ace, amigo, associate, aunt, auntie, bedfellow, bedmate, benchfellow, birthmate, blood brother, bosom buddy, boy, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, buck, bud, bunkie, bunkmate, butty, camarade, chamberfellow, chum, classmate, clubmate, co-worker, colleague, colt, comate, companion, company, compeer, comrade, confrere, consociate, consort, copartner, copemate, copesmate, couchmate, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, cradlemate, crony, cub, cupmate, daughter, father, fellow, fellow student, fellow worker, first cousin, fledgling, foster brother, frater, general partner, girl friend, gossip, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, half brother, hobbledehoy, jailmate, kid brother, lad, laddie, manchild, master, mate, messmate, mother, muchacho, nephew, niece, nuncle, nunks, nunky, old crony, pal, pard, pardner, partner, pewmate, playfellow, playmate, pup, puppy, roommate, running mate, schoolboy, schoolfellow, schoolmate, second cousin, secret partner, shelfmate, shipmate, shopmate, side partner, sidekick, sidekicker, silent partner, sis, sissy, sister, sister-german, sistern, sleeping partner, son, sonny, sonny boy, special partner, stepbrother, stepsister, tablemate, teammate, tentmate, unc, uncle, uncs, uterine brother, watchmate, waymate, whelp, workfellow, yokefellow, yokemate, young man, youth