friendly

[frend-lee] / ˈfrɛnd li /

ADJECTIVE

intimate, companionable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affable affectionate amiable amicable attentive beneficial chummy cordial familiar favorable good helpful loving loyal neighborly peaceful receptive sympathetic welcoming

STRONG

close faithful kind sociable tender thick

WEAK

attached auspicious benevolent benign buddy-buddy civil clubby comradely conciliatory confiding convivial fond genial kindly on good terms outgoing peaceable propitious solicitous well-disposed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aloof bad cold cool disadvantageous disagreeable disliking distant harmful hostile hurtful hurting ignorant injurious mean reserved surly unfriendly unhelpful unpleasant unsociable

STRONG

inaccurate loose unkind

WEAK

antagonistic incompatible uncompanionable unreceptive

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"I think they know this is a pretty friendly spot," the musician said.

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Wales were losing at home to Northern Ireland in a friendly, and Bellamy was not happy with his team's first-half performance.

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A second friendly defeat in four days was no calamity since it came on the back of an admirable performance, unworthy of booing.

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The Football Association labelled these two friendlies a 'Send-Off Series', the last home games before the World Cup.

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Wiegman "wants to continue" with a squad of 23 rather than 25 players as the Lionesses begin preparations for the 2027 World Cup, having experimented a little in last year's friendlies.

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