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friend(noun, feature, characteristic, connection, relation)
10
friendship(noun, closeness, familiarity, affinity, sociability)
8
closeness(noun, friendship, familiarity, affinity, sociability)
6
comradeship(noun, closeness, friendship, sociability, camaraderie)
5
amity(noun, closeness, friendship, sociability, camaraderie)
5
companionship(noun, closeness, friendship, sociability, camaraderie)
5
relation(noun, association, bond, contact)
4
joint(noun, association, bond, contact, relation)
4
alliance(noun, association, bond, contact, relation)
4
amiability(noun, closeness, friendship, sociability, camaraderie)
4
association(noun, bond, contact, relation)
4
bond(noun, association, contact, relation)
4
link(noun, association, bond, contact, relation)
4
relationship(noun, association, bond, contact, relation)
3
attachment(noun, association, bond, contact, relation)
3
bearing(noun, association, bond, contact, relation)
3
camaraderie(noun, closeness, friendship, sociability)
3
coherence(noun, contact, joint, correlation, relevance)
3
connectedness(noun, contact, joint, correlation, relevance)
3
connexion(noun, contact, joint, correlation, relevance)
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