friendly
friendly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable. In friendly relations with his moderate opponents. Macaulay.
- 2.Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
- 3.Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale. On the first friendly bank he throws him down. Addison. See Amicable.
- 4.In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [Obs.] Shak. In whom all graces that can perfect beauty Are friendly met. Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- against
- alienate
- alienation
- animosity
- arms
- bad
- bear
- bitterness
- but
- cold
- cool
- disaffected
- discord
- dislike
- drawn
- enmity
- estrange
- estrangement
- fall
- harden
- hate
- heart
- heartburning
- hearted
- hold
- hostile
- hostility
- indifference
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- keep
- length
- loggerheads
- malevolence
- malice
- not
- odor
- open
- out
- rancor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is friendly.
- What is appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable. In friendly relations with his moderate opponents. Macaulay called?
- What is not hostile; as, a friendly power or state called?
- What is promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale. On the first friendly bank he throws him down. Addison. See Amicable called?
- What is in the manner of friends; amicably; like friends. [Obs.] Shak. In whom all graces that can perfect beauty Are friendly met. Beau. & Fl called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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