make friends

VERB

fraternize

Synonyms

STRONG

hobnob

WEAK

be friendly be sociable with club together consort with fall in with go around with hang out with keep company with mingle with mix with rub elbows with rub shoulders with run with socialize with

Antonyms

WEAK

disagree ignore

VERB

hit it off

Synonyms

WEAK

be of one mind be on the same wavelength click cotton to fall in with get along well see eye to eye take to

VERB

patch up

Synonyms

WEAK

adjust appease bury the hatchet compensate conciliate mediate negotiate placate restore settle smooth

Antonyms

WEAK

argue bicker disagree fight

Example Sentences

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Campbell started performing as a teenager to make friends; Robertson did so after the “lightbulb moment” of seeing fellow Scot David Tennant in “Doctor Who.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

She told jurors that her near-constant social media use "really affected my self-worth," saying the apps led her to abandon hobbies, struggle to make friends and constantly measure herself against others.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

I did not speak the language and felt desperate to make friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

"It's really hard to make friends when you don't leave the house."

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

All the strain of trying to make friends with Hooper and failing, of anticipating his cunning, all the fear of the unknown traps he might lay, would be gone.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

make friends

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