comrades

noun

plural of comrade
1
as in associates
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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2
as in friends
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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3
as in communists
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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Recent Examples of comrades Not a single council member — even her three fellow comrades in the Democratic Socialists of America — has endorsed Raman’s candidacy. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Ibrahim moves through the splintered dreams, among comrades who once shared a square, a sidewalk blanket, and a barricade. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 During the May 27 Roscosmos EVA that featured cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, Fedyaev controlled the station’s European Robotic Arm (ERA) with both his comrades attached. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026 That day, DiPasquale and nine of his comrades were called to Tower 2 just after it was struck. — Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2026 Lee’s tragicomic blankness makes the haplessness of his comrades’ efforts to bring him in as an ostensible traitor all the funnier. — Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 Always in motion, Ortiz shuttled in and out of the apartment over the next few days, writing reports in code, meeting with trade-union comrades. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 Pezzulo was attempting to lift debris off his comrades when the North Tower collapsed 30 minutes later and he was buried by falling debris. — ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 But there’s always room to commune with the comrades who were there at the start. — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comrades
  1. associates
  2. friends
  3. communists
  4. colleagues
  5. buddies
  6. socialists
  7. peers
  8. accomplices
Noun
  • In 2015, The Washington Post profiled teaching associates at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, including a theater actor who helped medical students learn pelvic examinations.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The office declared that the doctrine covers not only official advisers, but can also expand to cover outside associates consulted by the president in certain circumstances.
    — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of associates
Noun
  • The Philly shoegaze band calls on friends from across genres for a wide-spanning compilation that’s equal parts label sampler, B-sides showcase, and assembly of rising stars.
    — Abby Jones, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Those who show up in tough times are rewarded, while fair-weather friends are often excluded from lucrative deals.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of friends
Noun
  • The Republican government fled to Taiwan in ​1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong’s communists, and the Republic of China remains the island’s formal name.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The communists, even with their party leaders imprisoned or in hiding, retained 81 out of 100 seats.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of communists
Noun
  • New Skydance content sales chief David Decker was all smiles at the WBD stand, able to look over and see his new Paramount colleagues just along the beachfront.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Eventually, Chili invites Lee over to his house, far away from the ears of his former colleagues shooting pool at Secrets.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of colleagues
Noun
  • My grandfather reliably spoke warmly of his years in service and antique buddies from his army years traveled from across the country to come to a grand party thrown for my grandparents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1991.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Imagine showing off that feature to your golf buddies after a round.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of buddies
Noun
  • The trouble with trying to please anti-zionist socialists and Reagan Republicans?
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But, even then, American socialists walked a fine line—they were considered too radical for the mainstream and a mere bourgeois affectation by committed class revolutionaries.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of socialists
Noun
  • On top of these heat-seeking missiles, the platforms play to humans’ (particularly teens’) need to be accepted and admired by peers.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The market has significantly underperformed its European peers in recent years as political volatility has mounted — despite only around 15% of its revenues being generated domestically — with banks under particular pressure.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of peers
Noun
  • Murdaugh’s lawyers also demanded any evidence prosecutors have of possible accomplices or a grand jury investigation into them.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Kids made good accomplices, tasked with sneaking off on a hunt for the bill.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Comrades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comrades. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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