as in friend
a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another
my old college buddy is the one person I can always turn to
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In the present day, Alice, Brett, perfectionistic realtor Catherine (Aja Naomi King) and sloppy socialite Birdie (Melissa Fumero) are garden club buddies dealing with separate personal issues, like dead pets, unfaithful spouses and child custody battles.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2025
Searchlight’s buddy comedy A Real Pain was a double winner today, for writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg’ Best’s Screenplay and the gender-neutral Supporting Performance for Kieran Culkin.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
On previous visits to Crested Butte, a friend got me buddy passes at the resort and free slices during his shifts at the pizza place in town.
—Carolyn Highland, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
First the festivals, then New York and L.A., then the world would bear witness to her childhood fears, her daily passions and frustrations, her minutely observed existence, all tastefully packaged within, for instance, a buddy comedy or an interplanetary embezzlement plot.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2025
Searchlight’s buddy comedy A Real Pain was a double winner today, for writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg’ Best’s Screenplay and the gender-neutral Supporting Performance for Kieran Culkin.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025
On previous visits to Crested Butte, a friend got me buddy passes at the resort and free slices during his shifts at the pizza place in town.
—Carolyn Highland, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
First the festivals, then New York and L.A., then the world would bear witness to her childhood fears, her daily passions and frustrations, her minutely observed existence, all tastefully packaged within, for instance, a buddy comedy or an interplanetary embezzlement plot.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Buddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buddy. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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