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friend-zone

friend-zone is the alternative form of friend zone.

Meaning of friend zone

Noun

friend zone (plural friend zones)

  1. (slang) The situation in which one is viewed by a potential partner as a platonic friend, which complicates the initiation of a romantic relationship.
    • Every platonic friend I got is some woman I was tryin' to fuck, I made a wrong turn somewhere, and ended up in the friend zone.1996, Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, Chris Rock (actor)

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Forms of friend-zone

third-person singular presentfriend-zones
present participlefriend-zoning
past participlefriend-zoned
pastfriend-zoned

Questions about friend-zone

What is friend-zone the alternative form of?
Friend-zone is the alternative form of friend zone.

Words near friend-zone in the dictionary

  1. friend-in-law
  2. friend-o
  3. friend-os
  4. friend-shaped
  5. friend-to-friend
  6. friend-zone
  7. friend-zoned
  8. friend-zonee
  9. friend-zonees
  10. friend-zones
  11. friend-zoning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: friend-zone (page history and authors); friend zone (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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