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

Example Sentences

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Vista is going to double production in an area where the government has gotten more friendly.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The two stayed friendly afterward, and Williams stood by Longet when tragedy and scandal struck a year later, in 1976.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

While stern with the lawyers, Gonzalez Rogers was friendly with the jurors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Putting out shallow dishes of water, log piles, plant pollinator friendly plants were some of the steps we at home can make to facilitate hedgehogs.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

‘My clan is friendly with the Otters. We – we mean you no harm.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

friendly

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