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Definitions

friendly

[frend-lee] / ˈfrɛnd li /
ADJECTIVE
intimate, companionable
Synonyms
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affable affectionate amiable amicable attentive beneficial chummy cordial familiar favorable good helpful loving loyal neighborly peaceful receptive sympathetic welcoming
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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
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aloof bad cold cool disadvantageous disagreeable disliking distant harmful hostile hurtful hurting ignorant injurious mean reserved surly unfriendly unhelpful unpleasant unsociable
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inaccurate loose unkind
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antagonistic incompatible uncompanionable unreceptive

Example Sentences

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The year before, billionaire Bill Ackman was invited for a friendly Q&A after hounding Harvard’s president out of office, and grievance-fueled media entrepreneur Bari Weiss presented a rallying plug for her Substack.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

The obscure answer: the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, which returned a friendly American warship’s 13-gun salute on Nov. 16, 1776.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

For a few moments, however, he also offered friendly messages for the incumbent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

He said Linden had been "very overly friendly" from the start and that he had been warned to keep his distance by other people within the party.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

And although Duane and Handsome met Major Puff back in the autumn, it was a brief meeting and, as you may recall, not altogether friendly.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el