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Friendly, describes people who are kind, caring, and make you feel comfortable. You might be new to town, but the people are so friendly that you'll soon feel right at home.

The noun friend is at the root of the adjective friendly. When you're friendly, you treat everyone like a friend — with warmth and respect. A friendly game of badminton is by definition not too serious or competitive, and a vegetarian-friendly menu makes non meat-eaters feel welcome, just as user-friendly instructions make it easy for non-professionals to follow the directions.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: friendly

1	adj	characteristic of or befitting a friend
2	adj n	of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
3	adj	easy to understand or use

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: friendly

1

adj characteristic of or befitting a friend

“friendly advice”

“a friendly neighborhood”

“the only friendly person here”

“a friendly host and hostess”

Synonyms: congenial
suitable to your needs; affable, amiable, cordial, genial
diffusing warmth and friendliness; chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy
(used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals; companionate
like a companion; comradely, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met
heartily friendly and congenial; couthie, couthy
(chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial; cozy, informal, intimate
having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere; neighborly, neighbourly
exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor; social
marked by friendly companionship with others; gracious
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; hospitable
disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; amicable
characterized by friendship and good will; social
living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups; sociable
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; warm
psychologically warm; friendly and responsive

Antonyms:: unfriendly
not disposed to friendship or friendliness; incompatible, uncongenial
not suitable to your tastes or needs; beetle-browed, scowling
sullen or unfriendly in appearance; chilly
lacking warmth of feeling; uncordial
lacking warmth or friendliness; unneighborly, unneighbourly
not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor; inhospitable
not hospitable; hostile
characterized by enmity or ill will; unsociable
not inclined to society or companionship; cool
psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; show more antonyms...

adj inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile

“a government friendly to our interests”

Synonyms:: favorable, well-disposed

: amicable
characterized by friendship and good will

2

adj of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

“in friendly territory”

“he was accidentally killed by friendly fire”

Antonyms:: hostile
not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

n troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces

“friendlies came to their rescue”

Antonyms:: hostile
troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

Type of:: military personnel, soldiery, troops
soldiers collectively

3

adj easy to understand or use

“user-friendly computers”

“a consumer-friendly policy”

“a reader-friendly novel”

Antonyms:: unfriendly
not easy to understand or use