friendlier

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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Those challenges have allowed a few cases to proceed in state court, where jurors are often perceived as being friendlier to homeowners than private arbitrators.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“For many households, this is a friendlier market than last spring, with more inventory and less intense competition,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

Even if the air strikes succeed in ousting the regime, either by killing its leaders or forcing them to flee, it is doubtful the successors will be any friendlier to the West.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

The administration has found appeals courts and the Supreme Court to be much friendlier venues.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

All of this was good, because it made her look somewhat friendlier.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo