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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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Coastal desalination plants discharge ultra salty brine waste that can harm marine life, but the undersea pods release a less concentrated brine, which the company says is friendlier to the ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

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

From Slate • May 27, 2026

"As one or two days go by, you can see that you've changed their attitudes, and their attitude towards you is friendlier and warmer," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

As the backlash against touch screen and virtualized controls gathered strength in the past decade, Mazdas became increasingly valued for their friendlier and more familiar driver’s environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

I’m friendlier with some of the boys, but right now everyone is just trying to avoid Tobias’s attention, and since he’s focused on me, they’re all earnestly avoiding my eyes.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh