fair-weather friendnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌfeə.weð.ə ˈfrend/us/ˌfer.weð.ɚ ˈfrend/disapprovingsomeone who is a good friend when it is easy to be one and who stops being one when you are having problems
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
- a friend in need is a friend indeed idiom
- acquaintance
- acquainted
- amigo
- bedmate
- companion
- escort
- friendless
- gang
- girl
- girlfriend
- housemate
- intimate 1
- neighbour
- peer
- pen pal
- penfriend
- playmate
- posse
- roommate
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Examples from literature
- But more often it was blankly apparent to him that, the moment flags were flying and drums on the roll, these amiable fair-weather friends would probably take to their heels.
- They seemed only fair-weather friends.