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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

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

For Yaya Ogun, one of the team riders, group skates are an opportunity to build community and make friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

So far, he had struggled to make friends.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

But how was she supposed to make friends with an aggressive forest elf who could make trees attack people?

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack