pen-friend

1. 1.

   a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence

   Synonymspen pal

   Broadercorrespondent

Questions about pen-friend

What does pen-friend mean?

pen-friend means "a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence".

How many syllables are in pen-friend?

pen-friend has 2 syllables and divides as pen--friend under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pen-friend?

Close synonyms include pen pal. 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.