friendlier

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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friendlier

But in the closed-door meeting of national leaders that followed, a friendlier Trump emerged, according to people in the room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Meanwhile, environmental restoration has made some of Brazil’s urban riverbanks and lagoons friendlier to capybaras.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

Tolchin argued that the Adelanto immigration court “is a friendlier forum for DHS” and noted that four of the five immigration judges “have denial rates of asylum of almost 88 percent.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

When the flight attendant saw where she was sitting, Nabongo said, she took a friendlier tone.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

So I was a tad straighter than I’d been the last couple days, and the ringing sounded a tad louder, a tad more persistent and, yes, maybe even a tad friendlier than usual.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx