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

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friendlier

Working with friendlier governments, the U.S. has expanded its capacity to reach high-priority targets in far-flung corners of the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

“That doesn’t make a home within reach for everyone, but, for people who can afford to buy now, it’s a much friendlier market than it was a few years ago.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Turkey is another large trading partner of Iran, according to ITC data, but it has a much friendlier relationship with the US than China.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Here the surroundings are less bleak, the library better, the prisoners friendlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

So I was a tad straighter than I’d been the last couple days, and the ringing sounded a tad louder, a tad more persistent and, yes, maybe even a tad friendlier than usual.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx