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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Earlier in the conflict, Iran reportedly charged tolls for the safe passage of several ships or allowed the transit of ships of friendly nations after negotiations.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

The team "departed this morning for Antalya, Turkey to play its final friendly match before flying to the United States for the 2026 World Cup," the Tasnim news agency reported.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

This alteration doesn’t make the film’s action less compelling, merely PG-rated and all-ages friendly.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

By pure chance, in early 2006 Sligo Rovers manager Sean Connor was dating a Killybegs native and, after a discussion over a beer, a friendly was arranged with St Catherine's.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

‘Your clan are friendly with the Red Deer, aren’t they? Your brother said he learnt Magecraft with them.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

friendly

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