Definitions

friendly

[frend-lee] / ˈfrɛnd li /

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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Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant open their book User Friendly with the cautionary tale of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Friendly locals welcomed us, including the retiree in Hebron, N.D., who brought the gift of one of the town’s famous bricks; we accepted it and mailed it home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

David Lord is a third-generation farmer in Essex and member of the Nature Friendly Farming Network.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

Recently, I pulled out my copy of “Gus Was a Friendly Ghost,” a children’s book in which Gus has somehow mastered an alarming number of cheese-based dishes.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

Laura Friendly leaned her head on her palm, probably bored.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

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