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Definitions

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

You make friends when you don’t know you’re doing it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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

"It must be such a lovely way to make friends and share stories."

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

I wanted them to make friends, real friends—to find kids who liked them for reasons other than that they were Barack Obama’s daughters.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama