📖 Definitions of "Befriending"
verb
- 1
To become a friend of, to make friends with.
- 2
To act as a friend to, to assist.
- 3
To favor.
noun
- 1
The process of making friends with somebody.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Befriending"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| speciesnoun | (biology) A group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance. |
| befriendernoun | One who befriends. |
| penfriendshipnoun | The state of being penfriends. |
| fellowshipnoun | A company of people that share the same interest or aim. |
| frenemyshipnoun | (countable) An ambiguously friendly or antagonistic relationship. |
| penfriendnoun | A person, often in a foreign country, with whom one exchanges friendly correspondence but whom one never or rarely meets. |
| stepfriendnoun | A friend whose association is conferred through that of a mutual friend, being oftentimes obligatory |
| freindnoun | Misspelling of friend. [A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.] |
| friendhoodnoun | The state, quality, or condition of being a friend or friends. |
| theyfriendnoun | (neologism) A non-binary partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. |
| pen friendnoun | Alternative form of penfriend. [A person, often in a foreign country, with whom one exchanges friendly correspondence but whom one never or rarely meets.] |
| fraternizationnoun | Having a friendly relationship with the enemy. |
| friendnoun | A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. |
| friendy | (childish) A friend. |
| mutual friendnoun | Someone who is a friend of two or more people, each of whom may not know each other. |
| acquaintanceshipnoun | (uncountable) The state of being acquainted. |
| connectverb | (transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other. |
| mateshipnoun | (uncountable, Australia, New Zealand) Friendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity; solidarity. |
| friend of a friendnoun | An acquaintance known vaguely through a mutual friend; someone that one does not know well. |
| bondingnoun | The act by which something is bonded or joined together. |
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