Synonyms of the word chum


CHUMBAIT - BROTHER - BUDDY - CRONY - DECOY - FRIEND - LURE - PAL - SALMON - SIDEKICK

chum

  • n. A friend; a pal.
  • n. (dated) A roommate, especially in a college or university.
  • v. To share rooms with; to live together.
  • v. To make friends with; to socialize.
  • v. (Scotland, informal) To accompany.
  • n. (fishing) A mixture of (frequently rancid) fish parts and blood, dumped into the water to attract predator…
  • v. (fishing) To cast chum into the water to attract fish.

bait

  • n. Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare,…
  • n. Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
  • n. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
  • n. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
  • n. A light or hasty luncheon.
  • v. (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
  • v. (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
  • v. (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
  • v. (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
  • v. (intransitive) (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
  • v. (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops…

brother

  • n. Son of the same parents as another person.
  • n. A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
  • n. A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
  • n. (African American Vernacular) A black male.
  • n. Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
  • v. (transitive) To treat as a brother.
  • interj. Expressing exasperation.

buddy

  • n. A friend or casual acquaintance.
  • n. A partner for a particular activity.
  • n. An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not…
  • v. To assign a buddy, or partner.

crony

  • n. (informal, originally Cambridge University slang) Close friend.
  • n. (informal) Trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.
  • n. (obsolete) An old woman; a crone.

decoy

  • n. A person or object meant to lure something to danger.
  • n. A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
  • v. To act or use a decoy.
  • v. (transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.

friend

  • n. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels…
  • n. A boyfriend or girlfriend.
  • n. An associate who provides assistance.
  • n. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
  • n. A person who backs or supports something.
  • n. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
  • n. (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
  • n. (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected…
  • n. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
  • n. (obsolete) A paramour of either sex.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
  • v. (transitive) To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate…

lure

  • n. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
  • n. (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
  • n. A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
  • n. A velvet smoothing brush.
  • v. To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
  • v. To recall a hawk with a lure.

pal

  • n. (colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber, someone to hang around with.
  • v. Be friends with, hang around with.

salmon

  • n. One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily.
  • n. (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
  • n. (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout).
  • adj. Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

sidekick

  • n. (informal) An assistant to another person, especially to a superior or more important person.

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