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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Friendlier answers contained more mistakes - from giving inaccurate medical advice to reaffirming user's false beliefs, the study found.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Friendlier forwarding: My dear mother used to send me lots of pertinent newspaper articles to be enjoyed.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

Friendlier, I had been going to say, but the word died in my mouth.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2019

Friendlier wolves may have been fed extra scraps, or more frightening wolves might have been killed — and over time, this group of wolves eventually evolved into dogs.

From The Verge • Jul. 19, 2017

Friendlier and funnier than one might suspect from the anguish of their music, they are as different from each other in person as they are on stage: Shinoda dry and thoughtful, Bennington livewire and open.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2011