- companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate - a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
--1 is a kind of friend
--1 has particulars: date, escort; playmate, playfellow; tovarich - Comrade - a fellow member of the Communist Party
--2 is a kind of communist, commie
- brother, comrade - used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!"
--3 is a kind of friend
- brother, comrade - used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!"