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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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
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.