buddy

Questions about buddy

What does buddy mean?

buddy means "a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities".

How many syllables are in buddy?

buddy has 2 syllables: bud-dy. The stress falls on "bud". In IPA it is /ˈbʌdi/.

What is another word for buddy?

Close synonyms include brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buddy a common word?

buddy is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.