best friend
best friend noun: an especially close and trusted friend.
Noun
best friend (plural best friends)
- An especially close and trusted friend.
- I know you and Virginia are on best-friend terms.1994, Penny Vincenzi, Wicked Pleasures, →ISBN, page 46
- A best friend is always there for you, even when no one else is.2001, Lauren, “To me a best friend is everything”, in Marilyn Kielbasa, Janet Claussen, editors, Listen for a Whisper: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections by Girls, →ISBN
- An object or concept considered very useful or helpful to someone.
- You might even say, the bigger the problem, the greater your creative potential. The problem you're facing is your best friend because it will help to bring out the best in you.2005, Jeff Davidson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Things Done, Penguin, →ISBN, page 212
- As an entrepreneur, a conservative financial outlook is your best friend. Live to fight another day. Running a business also involves a host of legal issues. Talk to some people you respect and trust, get some recommendations, and hire a good lawyer and accountant.2006, Christopher Duncan, The Career Programmer: Guerilla^([sic]) Tactics for an Imperfect World, Apress, →ISBN
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see best, friend.
- Synonyms:
- boon companion, BFF, bestie, bosom friend
best friend meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Tagalog
best friend in Hindi
- an especially close and trusted friend
- सबसे अच्छा दोस्त sabse acchā dost
best friend in Tamil
- an especially close and trusted friend
- நெருங்கிய நண்பன் neruṅkiya naṇpaṉ, சிறந்த நண்பன் ciṟanta naṇpaṉ
best friend in Telugu
- best friend
- జిగిరీ దోస్తు jigirī dōstu
best friend in Tagalog
- an especially close and trusted friend
- matalik na kaibigan, beshie, bes
More languagesFewer languages
- best friend in Arabic
- أَفْضَل صَدِيق ʔafḍal ṣadīq, فُضْلَى صَدِيقَة fuḍlā ṣadīqa
- best friend in Malay
- kawan rapat, sahabat rapat, teman rapat, rakan rapat
- best friend in Indonesian
- sahabat
Examples of best friend in a sentence
- Being best friends means giving up control and allowing ourselves to become vulnerable.2004, Kenneth D. George, Keeping Mr. Right, →ISBN:
- After all these years, he was still my best friend, and a few months later, he was my best man.2007 October 26, Elizabeth Welch, “The Avatar and the Fire Lord” (11:13 from the start), in Ethan Spaulding, director, Avatar: The Last...
- But my best friend, Gale Hawthorne, and his family will be depending on today’s haul and I can’t let them down.2009, Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire (The Hunger Games), New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN, page 4:
- An instructor informed us that in battle, your rifle is your best friend.2010, Art Seamans, I See, Said the Blind Man, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 48:
Synonyms of best friend
Antonyms
Forms of best friend
| plural | best friends |
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Origin of best friend
From Middle English best frend, best freond, equivalent to best + friend. Compare West Frisian bêste freon (“best friend”), Dutch beste vriend (“best friend”), German bester Freund (“best friend”).
Words formed from best friend
Questions about best friend
- What does best friend mean?
- Best friend means an especially close and trusted friend.
- What is best friend in Hindi?
- Best friend in Hindi is सबसे अच्छा दोस्त (sabse acchā dost). See Best friend meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use best friend in a sentence?
- Being best friends means giving up control and allowing ourselves to become vulnerable.
- What part of speech is best friend?
- Best friend is a noun.
- What is the plural of best friend?
- The plural of best friend is best friends.
Words near best friend in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: best friend (page history and authors); జిగిరీ దోస్తు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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