English Explanatory Dictionary

friendly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
  2. Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
  3. Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
  4. Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).
  5. Without any hostility.
  6. Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
  7. Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports.
  8. Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.
noun
  1. A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting, etc.
  2. A person or entity on the same side as one's own in a conflict.
adv
  1. In a friendly manner; like a friend.
name
  1. A place name:
  2. A suburban settlement just west of Sowerby Bridge, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0524).
  3. A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
  4. A neighbourhood of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, United States.
  5. A town in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
  6. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹɛnd.li/ /ˈfɹɛn.li/ en-us-friendly.ogg

Word forms

friendly friendlier more friendly friendliest most friendly friendlies

Etymology

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”). Doublet of friendlike.

Synonyms

affectionate amiable bonhomous amicable chummy companionable congenial cordial facile familiar friendly genial hospitable matey personable simpatico welcoming amicably friendlily

Antonyms

hostile unfriendly non-friendly nonfriendly brusque standoffish

Related words

agreeable friend kindly polite sociable

Derived words

biofriendly ecologically friendly envirofriendly enviro-friendly find a friendly bush friendlihead friendlihood friendliness friendly amendment friendly fire friendly fraud friendly giant Friendly Hills friendlyish Friendly Islands friendly lead friendly match friendly name friendly number friendly society friendly suit friendly URL guest-friendly heterofriendly make friendly Officer Friendly overfriendly poz friendly search-engine-friendly superfriendly
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