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

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friendlier

He also supports a friendlier approach to relations with Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

And while only 10% of U.S. workers are in unions now, versus about a third in the mid-1950s, American attitudes toward organized labor have become friendlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

She also asserted that Bass took a friendlier stance toward Pratt in last week’s televised debate at the Skirball Cultural Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

This new world is working well for a handful of sportsbooks, and for prediction markets that function as sportsbooks while enjoying a friendlier regulatory environment.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

Under different, friendlier circumstances Penelope might have offered to have the coat mended, but these circumstances were not those.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood