COMRADE Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

comrade

noun

ˈkäm-ˌrad

Definition of comrade

as in associate

a person frequently seen in the company of another the boy, and two others who are known to be his comrades, are wanted for questioning by the police

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as in friend

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another we expect to be comrades for the rest of our lives

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as in communist

an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state a novel about an aging comrade's eventual disenchantment with communism and its excesses

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capitalist

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Recent Examples of comrade But there’s always room to commune with the comrades who were there at the start. — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026 The chopper gets shot down, and Wolverine must fight his way back to reunite with Sabretooth and Mystique, his Team X comrades. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 As César Gastélum’s body was buried last week, some of the city’s influencers posted tributes to him, as if describing a fallen comrade. — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 The broadcaster went on to shout out a couple of his fallen comrades. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for comrade

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Noun

State health authorities who have been fighting the opioid crisis for decades are still surprised by the drop, said Evan Gumas, a senior research associate at the Commonwealth Fund.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Well, this elevated me in Wendell’s eyes from solicitous writer/actor/film associate to a person who works with his/her hands to craft furniture and other heroic implements from wood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of associate

Noun

Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley estended her condolences to victim’s friends and family.

— Elgin Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
More messages arrived over Discord, X, WhatsApp, and even from a colleague who had been asked by a friend to see whether Fabian would correct his story to say that the explosion had been caused by interceptor fragments.

— Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of friend

Noun

As Cuba’s hot summer nears its end with no sign of regime change on the communist-run island, Cubans continue to suffer miserable living conditions as the country’s humanitarian crisis gets disturbingly worse.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Susan, one message the Republicans have very clear is about their opponents, the Democrats, calling them communists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of communist

Noun

Brand fans have spotted the pieces on everyone from colleagues to Hailey Bieber and Taylor Swift, and Dorsey is now an eight-figure business, according to the company.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
My Sun colleagues back at the paper’s Fleet Street office had just discovered that Jagger was planning to reunite with Hall, the glamorous cover girl and catwalk star, in Paris.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of colleague

Noun

Then again, being that Vought has been pushing his buddy POTUS to back a federal incentive since May 2025 to little success until today, let’s see what the follow through here really is before anyone starts planning the parade.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
The committee would eventually disband without an answer, despite the fact that Selig had helped engineer the sale of the team in 2005 to Lew Wolff, an old University of Wisconsin frat buddy, and John Fisher.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of buddy

Noun

An unstoppable wave of democratic socialists is standing up for the working class and winning because of their principled stances — not despite them.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Ideological fractures linger among Democrats Some Democratic officials worry that the rise of democratic socialists within the party presents a political problem for candidates in swing districts.

— Steve Peoples, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of socialist

Noun

Stuart Anderson is the executive director of the National Foundation for American Policy, where Mark Regets is a senior fellow.

— Stuart Anderson, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Greenberg joins the ranks of past Circle of Champions honorees including Sephora’s Artemis Patrick; fellow L’Oréal alum Carol Hamilton; FIT’s Stephan Kanlian and more.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

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