Synonyms for crony
ˈkroʊ nicrony

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1. crony

   Synonyms:
   ally, chum, mate

   Antonyms:
   foe, rival, backfriend

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1. buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekicknoun

   a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

   Synonyms:
   chum, buddy, chum salmon, brother, blood brother, sidekick, comrade, pal

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1. cronynoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] associate, intimate friend, bosom friend, bosom companion

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1. cronynoun

   Synonyms:
   bosom friend, intimate, associate, chum

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1. List of paraphrases for "crony":

   sidekick, favouritism

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1. Pat Toomey:

   The EX-IM Bank represents crony capitalism at its worst, providing taxpayer-financed giveaways to large corporations and foreign governments like China, the bank has a history of forcing American taxpayers to support loans to the Export-Import Bank of China and even the Bank of China itself.

2. Paul Chambers:

   It is likely that in the aftermath of next week's election, Thailand's military establishment will, by hook or by crook, win a coalition majority, but only with the help of junta-appointed senators, the use of crony senators to win would also make Prayut's electoral victory illegitimate in the eyes of most Thai people.

3. Carly Fiorina:

   When you have a 70,000 page tax code, you've got to be very wealthy, very powerful, very well-connected to dig your way through that tax code, what I will continue to point out is the fact that every policy she is pursuing will make income inequality worse, not better, crony capitalism even worse, not better.

4. Doug Sachtleben:

   We intentionally asked them about this, to test where they stood on crony capitalism.

5. Jerrold Nadler:

   We should call this what it is: an absolute cover-up by the White House, the White House is advancing a new and dangerous theory: the crony privilege.