BUDDY

buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick

(noun) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

buddy (plural buddies)

A friend or casual acquaintance.

Synonyms: bud, mate, Thesaurus:friend

A partner for a particular activity.

Synonyms: companion, partner

An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.

Synonyms: mate, fellow

Verb

buddy (third-person singular simple present buddies, present participle buddying, simple past and past participle buddied)

(transitive) To assign a buddy, or partner, to.

Etymology 2

Adjective

buddy (comparative more buddy, superlative most buddy)

Resembling a bud.

Etymology

Proper noun

Buddy

A male nickname.

(rare, chiefly, US) A male given name from English.

A given name for a dog.

Source: Wiktionary

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