Well there is best friends,close friends, good friends, bad friends, weird friends, cool friends, mean friends and so on and so forth. But there is the friend that is closer than you own family, that's the best one. But i don't know what you are looking for. ._.
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Answer: a helpful companion or partner, especially one's husband or wife.
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