Synonyms for friendly
adj intimate, companionable- affable
- affectionate
- amiable
- amicable
- attentive
- beneficial
- chummy
- cordial
- familiar
- favorable
- good
- helpful
- loving
- loyal
- neighborly
- peaceful
- receptive
- sympathetic
- welcoming
- close
- faithful
- kind
- sociable
- tender
- thick
- 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 for friendly
- aloof
- bad
- cold
- cool
- disadvantageous
- disagreeable
- disliking
- distant
- harmful
- hostile
- hurtful
- hurting
- ignorant
- injurious
- mean
- reserved
- surly
- unfriendly
- unhelpful
- unpleasant
- unsociable
- inaccurate
- loose
- unkind
- antagonistic
- incompatible
- uncompanionable
- unreceptive
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affectionate
adjective. having or showing fondness
amiable
adjective. friendly, agreeable
- affable
- amicable
- attractive
- benign
- breezy
- buddy-buddy
- charming
- cheerful
- clubby
- complaisant
- cool
- copacetic
- cordial
- cozy
- delightful
- downright neighborly
- easy
- engaging
- friendly
- genial
- good-humored
- good-natured
- gracious
- home cooking
- kind
- kindly
- lenient
- lovable
- mellow
- mild
- obliging
- palsy-walsy
- pleasant
- pleasing
- princely
- pussycat
- responsive
- right
- righteous
- sociable
- sweet-tempered
- swell
- tight
- warm
- warmhearted
- winning
appreciative
adjective. understanding, recognizing worth
benign
adjective. kindly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
Word Origin & History
Example Sentences forfriendly
Have you not of late struggled against the warnings of this friendly spirit?
A portly burgher was he, friendly of tongue and free of purse.
The old man was looking at her with frank and friendly apology for his intrusion.
The natives met with were friendly, but to us altogether unintelligible.
If I can hear his friendly voice, and know he is not heavy-burthened, I am happy.
I will go out of my way to caress one who shows any desire to be friendly.
She was nice and friendly to us to-day, and I'm willin' to trust her to-morrow.
His brother was there, listening to the comments of O'Hara, his friendly rival.
The men had been afraid that the God of the Corn would not be friendly to us.
Catching sight of Yates, he winked at him in a friendly sort of way.