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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Klein argues that what comes next will be “open, friendly and assertively moral.”

From Salon

"There is a waitress he knows, she serves him all the time, he's very friendly with her and unfortunately, she's gone."

From Barron's

It's very family friendly and there are lots of children.

From BBC

In the end, Elmer the patchwork elephant seemed the friendliest, least controversial decision.

From The Wall Street Journal

Goldman Sachs’ baseline forecast is similarly “friendly” for equities thanks in part to stimulative tax breaks by Washington and the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal

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