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. 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.

2. Carly Fiorina:

   Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is right : crony capitalism is alive and well, government and government programs have grown so big, so powerful, so costly and so complex that only the big and the powerful can prosper. But Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is dead wrong about how to end crony capitalism. You see, whether it is Dodd-Frank, Obamacare or net neutrality, all this government complexity means the big get bigger, the small disappear, and the powerless are trapped.

3. 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

4. Raghuram Rajan:

   One of the things we need to do to avoid crony capitalism is have rule of law. So our point was obey our regulation, we will work with you to fix it, to make it more useful for you.

5. 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.