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

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President Donald Trump's special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, has begun his first visit to the Arctic island in a bid to build ties and make "friends".

From BBC • May 20, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

He was slow to make friends, and he missed his gang in the city.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

make friends

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