crony (redirected from cronies)

cro·ny  (krn)

n. pl. cro·nies

A longtime close friend or companion.

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[Possibly from Greek khronios, long lasting, from khronos, time.]

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crony [ˈkrəʊnɪ]

n pl -nies

a friend or companion

[student slang (Cambridge), from Greek khronios of long duration, from khronos time]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crony - a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities buddy, chum, pal, sidekick, brother cobber - Australian term for a pal friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"

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crony

noun friend, china (Brit. slang), colleague, associate, mate (informal), pal (informal), companion, cock (Brit. informal), buddy (informal), comrade, chum (informal), accomplice, ally, sidekick (slang), main man (slang, chiefly U.S.), homeboy (slang, chiefly U.S.), cobber (Austral. or old-fashioned N.Z. informal) his weekend drinking sessions with his cronies

Translations

crony [ˈkrəʊnɪ] N (pej) (= friend) → compinche mf, amigote/a mf

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crony [ˈkrəʊni] n (= friend) → copain* $(copine)m/f

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crony

n → Freund(in) m(f), → Spießgeselle (hum) m

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crony [ˈkrəʊnɪ] n (fam) → amicone/a

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crony [ˈkrəʊnɪ] n (fam) → amicone/a

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crony

n crony [ˈkrəuni]

a close companion He spent the evening drinking with his cronies. boesemvriend, makker, kameraad صَديق حَميم، رَفيق стар приятел kamarád kammersjuk; kammerat der Kumpan παλιόφιλος compinche, amigote semu دوست صمیمی kaveri copain, copine חָבֵר अंतरंग मित्र, घनिष्ट मित्र blizak prijatelj (régi) haver sahabat virktarvinur compagno 親友 옛친구 bičiulis, draugelis sens draugs kroni makker kompis, kamerat kumpel compincha amic закадычный друг kamarát, -ka kolega drugar kumpan, kompis เพื่อนสนิท yakın arkadaş, kafadar 密友 щирий приятель, нерозлучний друг قريبى دوست، يار غار bạn thân thiết 亲密的朋友