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English adjective: friendly | |||
| 1. | friendly characteristic of or befitting a friend | ||
| Samples | Friendly advice. A friendly neighborhood. The only friendly person here. A friendly host and hostess. | ||
| Similar | affable, amiable, chummy, companionate, comradely, cordial, couthie, couthy, cozy, genial, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, informal, intimate, matey, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, palsy-walsy, social | ||
| See also | amicable, congenial, gracious, hospitable, sociable, social, warm | ||
| Attribute | friendliness | ||
| Antonyms | unfriendly | ||
| 2. | friendly inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile | ||
| Samples | A government friendly to our interests. An amicable agreement. | ||
| Synonyms | favorable, well-disposed | ||
| Similar | amicable | ||
| Antonyms | hostile | ||
| 3. | friendly easy to understand or use | ||
| Samples | User-friendly computers. A consumer-friendly policy. A reader-friendly novel. | ||
| Domain usage | combining form | ||
| Antonyms | unfriendly | ||
| 4. | friendly of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally | ||
| Samples | In friendly territory. He was accidentally killed by friendly fire. | ||
| Antonyms | hostile | ||
English noun: friendly | |||
| 1. | friendly (group) troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces | ||
| Samples | Friendlies came to their rescue. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | military personnel, soldiery, troops | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| Antonyms | hostile | ||
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