Updated: Jul. 21, 2024
From funny to sentimental to cute—these are the best friends captions for Instagram
If there’s one thing that’s remained true over the years, it’s the old Irish proverb about friendship: “A good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.” If you have pictures with your best friend, they’re surely cherished—maybe you’ve framed them, or you want to share them online for all to see. If so, we share some of the cutest friends captions for Instagram.
Below, you’ll find a range of friendship quotes and selfie captions—perfect to pair with those photos of you and your bestie. Some of these Instagram captions for friends are funny, while others may evoke a few happy tears when your partner in crime sees the post. No matter what Instagram caption you choose, your friend is sure to feel all the love and appreciation. Read on for 120 friends captions for Instagram that perfectly capture your BFF.
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Cute best friends captions for Instagram
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1. You’re the Betty to my Veronica.
2. Real queens fix each other’s crowns.
3. Love is beautiful, friendship is better.
4. We finish each other’s sandwiches.
5. You’re the Serena to my Blair.
6. The “she” to my “nanigans.”
7. F is for friends who do stuff together.
8. I never let my best friend do stupid things … alone.
9. Besides coffee and chocolate, you’re my favorite.
10. I love her more than she loves her dog.
11. Grateful for someone who laughs at the same random things I do.
12. No friendship is an accident.
13. I hit the BFF jackpot!
14. We’re the same kind of weird.
15. Best friend: the sister you choose.
16. A good friend knows your wild stories. Your best friend was right there with you!
17. I’d even send you the photos I look bad in.
18. Live for the moments you can’t put into words.
19. Life is better with you.
20. Pizza and you are all I need.
21. You CAN sit with us.
22. Friends who slay together, stay together.
23. On Wednesdays, we wear pink.
24. You’re the salt to my pepper.
25. Friendship is the only flower that blooms in all seasons.
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Funny best friends captions for Instagram
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26. When my best friend and I first met, we were both like, “You’re really weird.”
27. I hope we’re friends until we die. Then, I hope we stay ghost friends so we can walk through walls and scare people.
28. Real friendship is when your friend comes over to your house just to take a nap.
29. Friends never ask for food. Best friends are the reason you have no food.
30. We’ll be friends forever because you already know too much.
31. I can’t wait until we’re the old ladies causing trouble in the nursing home.
32. A best friend never gets tired of taking photos until she gets the best shot!
33. If no one likes this post, I know my bestie will.
34. Best friends never ask if they can raid your refrigerator, they just go right in.
35. Good friends are hard to find and even harder to get rid of.
36. True friends always laugh at your jokes, especially the ones that aren’t funny.
37. Best friends don’t care if your house is clean. They care if you have wine.
38. God made us best friends because He knew our moms couldn’t handle us as sisters.
39. I don’t know what’s tighter, our jeans or our friendship!
40. Every tall girl needs a short best friend.
41. Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway.
42. Friends give you a shoulder to cry on. Best friends hunt down the person who made you cry.
43. They say don’t try this at home—so I went to my best friend’s house.
44. I love that I don’t have to act socially acceptable around you.
45. If you aren’t at least a little crazy, I don’t think we can be friends.
46. My parents love you like a daughter.
47. If you don’t own matching tees, are you really best friends?
48. Crazy friends are the best friends.
49. You’re my best friend till the end…unless we get caught. Then, we don’t know each other.
50. If we were on a sinking ship and there was only one life vest…I would miss you so much!
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Short best friends captions for Instagram
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51. Good friends and good times.
52. Friends till eternity.
53. Your vibe attracts your tribe.
54. The partner in all my secrets.
55. Kind people are my kinda people.
56. You’re the key that unlocks the best adventures.
57. A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
58. To the sister I never had.
59. Rain or shine, 24/7/365.
60. Best friends = best memories.
61. So true, bestie.
62. Forever and always.
63. Till death do we part.
64. Two of a kind!
65. Friends at first sight.
66. Better together.
67. Two peas in a pod.
68. The X to my O!
69. My forever friend!
70. Go best friend, that’s my best friend!
71. Best friends are the best therapy.
72. All I need.
73. My person!
74. You’ve got a friend in me.
75. No new friends.
76. Not sure who’s crazier!
77. In squad we trust.
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Sentimental best friends captions for Instagram
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78. I’m truly grateful that I have you as my best friend.
79. Good friends are like stars: You don’t always see them, but you know they will be with you forever.
80. Friends pick us up when we fall down—and if they can’t pick us up, they lie down and listen for awhile.
81. Best friends are worth their weight in gold.
82. True friendship is not about being inseparable—it’s being separated and finding that nothing changes.
83. Quick appreciation post for the best friend anyone could ask for!
84. A best friend is someone who loves you when you forget to love yourself.
85. Time and good friends are two things that become more valuable the older you get.
86. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say.
87. You make me laugh even when I don’t want to.
88. Side by side or miles apart, real friends are always close to the heart.
89. Real friends care like a mom, scold like a dad, tease like a sister, irritate like a brother, and love more than a lover.
90. Never underestimate the power of a good day with your best friend.
91. A true friend accepts who you are, but also helps you become who you should be. Thank you for walking with me through my journey.
92. Real isn’t who’s with you at your celebration; real is who’s standing next to you at rock bottom.
93. There is nothing in this world that is more treasured than true friendship.
94. In my best friend, I found my second self.
95. Best friends are those who share your problems so you don’t have to go through them alone.
96. When it hurts to look back and you’re afraid to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.
97. Creating memories with you is one of my favorite things to do.
Best friends quotes for Instagram
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98. “Life is an ugly, awful place to not have a best friend.” —Sarah Dessen
99. “A good friend is a connection to life—a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” —Lois Wyse
100. “If you live to be a 100, I want to live to be 100 minus one day so I never have to live without you.” —Winnie the Pooh
101. “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
102. “Love is blind. Friendship tries not to notice.” —Otto von Bismarck
103. “It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.” —John Green
104. “A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.” —Unknown
105. “Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.” —Virginia Woolf
106. “Friends are like flowers. They fill the world with beauty.” —Celeste Barnard
107. “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.” —Henry Ford
108. “It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds.” —Gina Barreca
109. “A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.” —Len Wein
110. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’” —C.S. Lewis
111. “Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” —Oprah Winfrey
112. “Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.” —George Eliot
113. “Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest, it’s about who came and never left your side.” —Yolanda Hadid
114. “A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not good and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.” —Arnold Glasow
115. “A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” —Donna Roberts
116. “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” —Amy Poehler
117. “Friends are medicine for a wounded heart and vitamins for a hopeful soul.” —Steve Maraboli
118. “A friend is one of the nicest things you can have and one of the best things you can be.” —Winnie the Pooh
119. “If you have one true friend you have more than your share.” —Thomas Fuller
120. “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” —Muhammad Ali
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