Friendship Word Search Free Printable for Classrooms and Clubs

Press New puzzle for 15 friendship words, then print the sheet and its answer key for pairs to share.

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Friendship Word Search

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EIUTBUDDYMVCUGB

DLFRIENDNDSDBBV

GERTMECIEALHRQV

UGWVRGEPMOASALE

RXKLYNCQDKUVCMT

OHLZCGCGIGGLEPL

PPCDLFUNNYHLLAE

OLRGUSLEEPOVERJ

SOQGNXSPTRUSTTT

TYSYHTOHONESTNM

CADVENTUREYEFET

ALVZSEAOBUSHARE

RDYIFGGYMBNUEPJ

DMKSEEBASFOGPNB

NASLOMIOPMMANSA

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FriendFRIEND
BuddyBUDDY
PartnerPARTNER
LaughLAUGH
GiggleGIGGLE
SleepoverSLEEPOVER
AdventureADVENTURE
TagTAG
LoyalLOYAL
HonestHONEST
FunnyFUNNY
ShareSHARE
TrustTRUST
BraceletBRACELET
PostcardPOSTCARD

15 of 24 words from the Friendship list.

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Answer key: Friendship Word Search

EIUTBUDDYMVCUGB

DLFRIENDNDSDBBV

GERTMECIEALHRQV

UGWVRGEPMOASALE

RXKLYNCQDKUVCMT

OHLZCGCGIGGLEPL

PPCDLFUNNYHLLAE

OLRGUSLEEPOVERJ

SOQGNXSPTRUSTTT

TYSYHTOHONESTNM

CADVENTUREYEFET

ALVZSEAOBUSHARE

RDYIFGGYMBNUEPJ

DMKSEEBASFOGPNB

NASLOMIOPMMANSA

FRIEND, BUDDY, PARTNER, LAUGH, GIGGLE, SLEEPOVER, ADVENTURE, TAG, LOYAL, HONEST, FUNNY, SHARE, TRUST, BRACELET, POSTCARD

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All 136 words

Kinds of Friends 23

Acquaintance Someone you know a little, but not yet well.
Ally Someone who takes your side and stands up for you.
Amigo The Spanish word for friend, from amicus, the Latin one.
Buddy A close friend. The word is first seen around 1788 and may be a small child's way of saying brother.
Chum An old word for a close friend, in use since about 1680. It may be short for chambermate.
Circle A group of friends who all know one another, named after the round shape.
Classmate Someone who shares your teacher and your lessons at school.
Companion Someone who goes along with you. In Latin the word means with bread: a person you share a meal with.
Comrade A friend who shares your work or your cause. The word goes back to the Latin for a room, so it first meant a roommate.
Confidant A friend you trust with your secrets.
Crew A group of friends who do things together. It is also the team that runs a ship.
Duo Two people who do something together.
Friend Someone you like and trust. The Old English word, freond, first meant a loving one.

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Kinds of Friends, continued

Pair Two people or things that go together.
Pal A friend. English borrowed the word from Romani, where it meant brother.
Partner One of two people who work, play or dance together.
Peer Someone your own age or in your own grade.
Playmate A friend you play with.
Roommate Someone you share sleeping quarters with, at home, at camp or at college.
Sidekick A close friend and helper who is always nearby when needed.
Squad A small group that sticks together. The word comes from squadra, the Italian for a square.
Teammate Someone who plays on the same side as you.
Trio Three people who do something together. English borrowed the word from Italian in the early 1700s.

Time Together 24

Adventure An exciting trip or experience. The Latin root means about to happen.
Build To put something together, such as a den of blankets or a tower of blocks.
Campfire An outdoor fire to sit around for songs and stories.
Carpool Sharing one car ride, such as the ride to school, between families.
Chat An easy, friendly talk about nothing much.
Clubhouse The meeting place of a group with members, rules and sometimes a secret password.
Explore To go looking around a new place to see what is there.
Giggle A light, silly laugh that is hard to stop.
Hangout A place where friends like to spend time.
Imagine To make a picture of something in your mind.
Joke Something said to make people laugh.
Laugh The sound of finding something funny. It comes more easily in company.
Lunch The midday meal, eaten at a shared table at school.
Party A gathering of invited guests for a birthday or another happy day.
Picnic A meal eaten outdoors with others. English took the word from the French pique-nique.
Playdate A time that parents set up for young children to play together.
Pretend To act out something make-believe, such as a shop or a pirate ship.
Recess The break in the school day for play.
Sleepover A night spent at a friend's home.
Stargaze To look up at the night sky for a long while.
Swim To move through water. At pools and lakes, friends pair up and watch out for each other.
Together With each other, in the same place or at the same time.
Treehouse A small hideout built up in the branches.
Whisper To speak so softly that only the person beside you can hear.

Games to Share 21

Badminton A racket game played with a shuttlecock, named after a country house in Gloucestershire, England.
Cards What a deck is made of. Friends deal them out for games such as go fish and snap.
Catch Throwing a ball back and forth. It takes at least two.
Charades A guessing game. One player acts out a word without speaking and the team calls out guesses.
Checkers A board game for two with 12 pieces on each side. In Britain it is called draughts.
Chess A board game for two. Its name goes back to shah, the Persian word for king.
Dominoes A game of matching tiles marked with dots.
Doubles A match of tennis or badminton with two players on each side.
Duet A piece of music for two. The word comes from due, the Italian for two.
Hopscotch A hopping game on a chalk grid, on record since the 1600s. Scotch is an old word for a scratched line.
Jacks Players scoop up small pieces between bounces of a ball. A set usually has ten, and the first ones were sheep bones.
Jigsaw A picture puzzle cut into many pieces, quicker with a friend.
Kickball A playground game like baseball, played with the foot and a large rubber ball.
Leapfrog A game in which players take turns vaulting over each other's bent backs.
Marbles A game played with small glass balls, flicked with the thumb.
Relay A race run by a team, with each runner covering one part.
Seesaw A long board balanced in the middle. It only works with a rider on each end.
Swings Playground seats hung on chains. Friends take turns pushing.
Tag A chasing game. Whoever is it runs to touch another player, who is it next.
Tandem A bicycle built for two riders, one behind the other. In Latin the word means at length.
Tetherball Two players hit a ball on a rope around a pole, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise.

A Good Friend 21

Attentive Listening closely to what a friend says and noticing what they need.
Caring Showing that another person matters to you.
Dependable Doing what you said you would do, every time.
Devoted Giving a friend your time and care, gladly.
Fair Playing by the same rules as everyone else and taking turns.
Faithful Staying true to a friend over a long time.
Funny Able to make others laugh.
Genuine Real, not pretending. The Latin word it comes from meant natural.
Honest Telling the truth, even when it is hard.
Humble Not bragging. The word comes from humus, the Latin for the ground.
Kind Gentle and caring toward others.
Loyal Sticking by a friend in good times and bad. The word goes back to legalis, the Latin for lawful.
Patient Able to wait calmly and give a friend time.
Reliable Someone others can count on.
Respectful Treating other people's feelings, ideas and belongings with care.
Steadfast Not giving up on a friend. The old word joins stead, a place, and fast, firm: fixed in place.
Supportive Backing a friend up and helping when things go wrong.
Tolerant Accepting that friends can be different from you.
True Real and lasting. It describes a friend who stays through good times and bad.
Truthful Saying only what is true.
Warm Friendly in a way that puts people at ease.

Staying Friends 23

Accompany To go somewhere with someone.
Agree To share the same opinion, or to say yes to a plan.
Appreciate To notice the good in a friend and be glad of it.
Bond The close tie between friends.
Celebrate To mark a happy day, such as a friend's birthday, with something special.
Comfort To help a sad or worried friend feel better.
Compromise Each side gives up a little so that both can agree. In Latin the word means to promise together.
Confide To tell a friend something private. The Latin root means to put trust in.
Connect To find what you have in common with someone.
Correspond To trade letters with someone far away.
Forgive To stop being angry with someone who is sorry.
Invite To ask someone to come along or join in.
Listen To pay attention to what someone is saying.
Reassure To tell a worried friend that things will be all right.
Reconcile To become friends again after a quarrel.
Rely To count on someone.
Remember To keep someone or something in mind.
Reminisce To talk together about happy times gone by.
Reunite To come together again after time apart.
Share To let someone use or have part of what is yours.
Treasure To value something highly, the way you value a good friend.
Trust To believe that someone will be honest and will not let you down.
Understand To know how a friend feels and why.

Keepsakes and Notes 24

Album A book for photos or stickers. In Latin the word meant a blank white tablet.
Autograph A person's own signature. The Greek roots mean self-written.
Beads Small pierced pieces of glass, wood or plastic, strung to make jewelry.
Bracelet A band worn on the wrist. Friends knot them from embroidery floss, a kind of macrame, and give them as gifts.
Braid Three or more strands woven over and under each other.
Charm A tiny ornament hung from a bracelet or a necklace.
Emoji A small picture used in a message. The word is Japanese, from e, picture, and moji, character.
Keepsake A small thing kept to remember a person.
Knot A tie made in rope or cord. Most friendship bracelets are rows of a simple one, the half hitch.
Letter A written message sent by mail.
Memory Something you remember from the past.
Necklace A chain or a string of beads worn as jewelry.
Nickname A name friends use in place of your real one. It began as an eke name, which meant an extra name.
Note A short written message, passed by hand or left to be found.
Photo A picture made with a camera, often kept on a phone or in a frame.
Pinky The little finger. Two friends hook theirs together to seal a promise.
Postcard A piece of mail sent without an envelope. The post office of Austria-Hungary brought it in in October 1869.
Scrapbook A blank book for pasting in photos, tickets and notes.
Secret Something known to only a few people.
Snapshot A quick, casual photograph.
Souvenir Something kept to remember a place or a day. In French the word means memory.
Thread A fine cord for sewing. The embroidery kind is what most friendship bracelets are made of.
Token A small object that stands for a feeling, given to a friend to keep. In Old English the word meant a sign.
Yearbook A school's book of photos of every pupil, which friends sign for each other.

How this list was compiled: 136 friendship words chosen and defined for this site: six themed lists (kinds of friends, time together, games to share, what makes a good friend, staying friends, keepsakes and notes), a 24-word starter list, 12 short words and every word of 8 letters or more. The lists keep to the shared side of friendship, the people, the things friends do and make together and the habits that keep a friendship going, and leave feeling words, kind acts and coping skills to the emotions, kindness and mental health word searches. Word histories were read on 18 September 2026 at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/friend and the same address pattern for buddy, pal, chum, companion, comrade, tandem, badminton, token, nickname, album and the rest. Also read that day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopscotch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knucklebones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetherball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_bracelet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcard and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Friendship Licence: own work

How it works

Who friends are, what they do together and what keeps them friends: this friendship word search free printable has a list for each. All sit under Start from a list. The starter list of 24 includes Giggle, Seesaw and Loyal.

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Six sides of friendship

Kinds of Friends runs from Pal to Acquaintance. Time Together and Games to Share hold what friends do, including the games that need two: Catch, Seesaw, Checkers, Tandem. A Good Friend lists 21 qualities, and Staying Friends the habits that keep a friendship going, such as Listen, Forgive and Compromise. Keepsakes and Notes holds what friends make and keep, from Bracelet to Postcard.

Where friend words come from

A companion is, in Latin, someone you share bread with. Pal came from Romani, where it meant brother, and a comrade was first a roommate. To compromise is to promise together. Nickname began as an eke name, an extra name. Emoji is Japanese for picture character and no relation to emotion.

Seat pupils in pairs with one sheet: one reads the word list aloud, the other hunts, and they swap halfway.

Questions and answers

Is this friendship word search printable free for a whole class?

Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit on copies. Each press of New puzzle draws 15 words from the list again and rebuilds the answer key to match. Some words repeat, but pairs at different tables still get different grids.

Which list makes a friends word search printable for first grade?

Games to Share. Tag, Catch and Swings are playground words a first grader already reads, and Easy runs words across and down only. For older pupils, Long and Tricky holds the 54 words of 8 letters or more, up to Acquaintance at 12.

Does it suit the International Day of Friendship?

Yes. The day is 30 July, named by the United Nations General Assembly in 2011. For that day or the first week of school, pick Staying Friends and print it. Each pupil circles the habit they do best.

Why is the word Friendship not in the puzzle?

Because Friend is. No word in these lists sits inside another, so nobody circles Friend and then finds it again inside Friendship. The same rule keeps out Friendly and Promise, which hides inside Compromise. To use one anyway, type it at the end of the word list.

All 136 words

Kinds of Friends 23

Kinds of Friends, continued

Time Together 24

Games to Share 21

A Good Friend 21

Staying Friends 23

Keepsakes and Notes 24

How it works

Six sides of friendship

Where friend words come from

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