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. Bernie Sanders:

   I believe in fair market, American capitalism and that is a big difference between Secretary Clinton's Wall Street crony capitalism and Senator Sanders' socialism.

2. Paul Ryan:

   I see it as crony capitalism. The argument that other countries do it is an argument that just does not fly with me. We’re America.

3. 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.

4. Lakshheish M Patel:

   No FII or DII is selling, the fact is that the company management is profitting by bringing down share price through its unknown crony subsidiary. When the share price comes down from Rs.2800 to Rs.2500, the difference of Rs.500 goes in company owners pocket with small commission to inside operators, business news channels for helping and youtubers for spreading rumors

5. Carly Fiorina:

   Every policy she is pursuing will make income inequality worse, not better, crony capitalism even worse, not better. And meanwhile, we will continue to crush the businesses that create jobs and middle-class families.