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Words meaning a close friend (or other ways of saying “He’s my friend.”): “He’s my ________.”

BUDDY 599
PAL 560
CHUM 92
SIDEKICK 43
BEST FRIEND 34
BOSOM FRIEND 22
PARDNER 19
FRIEND 11
BOSOM PAL 8
DEAR FRIEND 7
NR 7
ACE-BOON-COON 6
DEAREST FRIEND 6
AMIGO 5
BOSOM BUDDY 5
COMPANION 5
CRONY 5
BEST PAL 4
BOY 4
BROTHER 4
CLOSE FRIEND 4
COMPADRE 4
GOOD BUDDY 4
RIGHT HAND 4
ACE 3
BEST BUDDY 3
CLOSEST FRIEND 3
COMRADE 3
CONFIDANT 3
GIRL-FRIEND 3
GOOD FRIEND 3
MAN 3
NEIGHBOR 3
RIGHT ARM 3
RIGHT-HAND MAN 3
ACQUAINTANCE 2
ASSOCIATE 2
DUB 2
INTIMATE FRIEND 2
PARTNER 2
STANDBY 2
ACE-BUDDY 1
AI’KANE 1
ALTER-EGO 1
BEST BOY-FRIEND 1
BEST BUD 1
BEST FRIEND OF MINE 1
BEST GIRL-FRIEND 1
BEST HORSE 1
BETTER HALF 1
BLOOD BROTHER 1
BOON COMPANION 1
BOON-COON 1
BOOZIN’ BUDDY 1
BOY-FRIEND 1
BUD 1
COHORT 1
COMPARI 1
COMPATRIOT 1
COUNSELLOR 1
CUT-BUDDY 1
FRIEND OF MINE 1
GUM BUDDY 1
GUY 1
HEART 1
HOSS 1
JAKE 1
KINDRED SPIRIT 1
LAD 1
LEANIN’ POST 1
LEFT HAND/RIGHT HAND 1
LEFT-HAND MAN 1
LIKE A BROTHER 1
LITTLE CHUM 1
MAIN MAN 1
MATE 1
MATEY 1
MUY AMIGO 1
NIGGER 1
OLD BUDDY 1
OLD CRONY 1
OLD FRIEND 1
OLD-TIME FRIEND 1
OTHER HALF 1
OTHER SELF 1
PET 1
RAP 1
RIGHT-HAND BOWER 1
RIGHT-HAND BUDDY 1
ROAD BUDDY 1
RUNNING MATE 1
SIDEKICKER 1
SIN-TWISTER 1
SON 1
SOUL COMPANION 1
SPECIAL FRIEND 1
STONE 1
STUD 1
TIGHT-GAL 1
TIGHT-MAN 1
TILLICUM 1
TRUE FRIEND 1
WE’RE AS THICK AS THIEVES 1

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