BEST FRIEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does best friend mean? 

• BEST FRIEND (noun)
  The noun BEST FRIEND has 1 sense:

1. the one friend who is closest to you

  Familiarity information: BEST FRIEND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEST FRIEND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The one friend who is closest to you

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("best friend" is a kind of...):

friend (a person you know well and regard with affection and trust)

 Context examples 

As if, in love, joy, sorrow, hope, or disappointment; in all emotions; my heart turned naturally there, and found its refuge and best friend.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He isn't old, nor anything bad, but good and kind, and the best friend I've got, next to you.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She would find that I was her best friend.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By spending time alone, you will hear the small voice within and become your own best friend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The black death is the best friend that ever the common folk had in England.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was to kill his best friend, or he was to expose himself and me to the vengeance of his comrades.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is wonderful, replied Wickham, for almost all his actions may be traced to pride; and pride had often been his best friend.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

If he had never esteemed my opinion before, he would have thought highly of me then; and, I dare say, left the house thinking me the best friend and counsellor man ever had.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Miss Hinton has been my friend—the best friend I ever had.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Your best friend upon such an occasion,” said Miss Bertram calmly, “would be Mr. Repton, I imagine.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)