best friend

English

Noun

best friend (plural best friends)

1. An especially close and trusted friend.
   • 1994, Penny Vincenzi, Wicked Pleasures^[1], ISBN 0553563742, page 46:

     I know you and Virginia are on best-friend terms.

   • 2001, Lauren, “To me a best friend is everything”, in Marilyn Kielbasa & Janet Claussen editor, Listen for a Whisper: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections by Girls^[2], ISBN 0884896854:

     A best friend is always there for you, even when no one else is.

   • 2004, Kenneth D. George, Keeping Mr. Right^[3], ISBN 1555838006:

     Being best friends means giving up control and allowing ourselves to become vulnerable.

Synonyms

• best bud, best buddy, best mate, best pal, boon companion, BFF

Antonyms

• worst enemy

Related terms

• best girl
• best man

Translations

an especially close and trusted friend

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最好的朋友 (zuìhǎo de péngyou)

• Finnish: paras kaveri (fi)
• French: meilleur ami
• German: bester Freund (de) m, beste Freundin (de) f

• Korean: 친우 (ko) (chinu)
• Malay: kawan rapat (ms), sahabat rapat (ms), teman rapat (ms), rakan rapat (ms), kawan karib (ms), sahabat karib (ms), teman karib (ms), rakan karib (ms)
• Norwegian: bestevenn (no)