AMIGO Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

amigo

noun

ə-ˈmē-(ˌ)gō

Definition of amigo

as in buddy

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another is it all right if I bring my amigo Ben to the party?

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Recent Examples of amigo Our amigo Ken Sugiura, meanwhile, listened to a quarterly earnings call for Braves Holdings this week. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026 That conservative part of the Democratic Party, adios amigos, goodbye. — Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2026 Memes circulated afterward suggesting that Petro had caved to Trump, or that the two were newfound amigos. — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026 Matthews will obviously have help from Matthew Knies, who could take another step after a breakout 29-goal, 58-point season, but their third amigo isn’t going to be a 100-point, two-way star. — James Mirtle, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for amigo

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Noun

The experience will also recreate Shrimp Boat Sound, Buffett’s Key West recording studio, and feature interviews with family members, bandmates, crew, friends, fishing buddies, boat builders, producers, authors, musicians and business associates.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2026
Martial arts and supernatural horror collide in this romp of a buddy comedy.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of buddy

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Nearly an hour after Nolan was last seen, friends on one of the boats noticed its bilge pump had failed and water was rapidly filling the hull, Tyler Cox and Edward Paltzik, attorneys for the friends, told CNN.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Moehrig said there’s a mutual respect between the two players, who have become friends.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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