Dictionary Definition
friendly adj
1 characteristic of or befitting a friend;
"friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly
person here"; "a friendly host and hostess" [ant: unfriendly]
2 favorably disposed; not antagonistic or
hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable
agreement"
3 easy to understand or use; "user-friendly
computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"
[ant: unfriendly]
4 of or belonging to your own country's forces or
those of an ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally
killed by friendly fire" [ant: hostile] [also: friendliest, friendlier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- IPA /fr'εndli/
Adjective
- Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
- Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
- He gave a friendly smile.
- a Having an easy relationship with something, as in user-friendly etc.
- b Without any relationship based on negativity, as in friendly competition.
- a Having an easy relationship with something, as in user-friendly etc.
- He gave a friendly smile.
- Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below).
- ''The soldier was killed by friendly fire.
Antonyms
Translations
warm, approachable
characteristic of friendliness
military sense
Adverb
- In a friendly manner, like a friend.
Synonyms
Translations
in a friendly manner
- Armenian: ընկերաբար
- Esperanto: amike
- Finnish: ystävällinen
- French: amicalement, aimablement, gentiment
- German: freundlich
- Hungarian: barátságosan
- Japanese 友好的に, 気さくに
- Romanian: prieteneşte
Noun
- A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.
- In the context of "military|lang=en": Someone of the same side of a conflict.
Translations
(sports) game
- Finnish: ystävyysottelu
- German: Freundschaftsspiel
- Greek: φιλικός (filikós)
- Japanese: 親善試合, フレンドシップマッチ
- Swedish: träningsmatch , vänskapsmatch
someone of the same side
- Finnish: oma
- Japanese: 味方
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Bulgarian: приятелски , дружески , приветлив
- ttbc Dutch: vriendelijk (1), sympathiek (1), aangenaam (1), vriendschappelijk (2)
- ttbc Italian: amichevole &
- ttbc Norwegian: vennlig, sympatisk
- ttbc Romanian: amical , amicală (1); prietenos , prietenoasă (2)
- ttbc Spanish: amistoso , amistosa
Extensive Definition
Friendly means behaving in a kind way to someone, as a
friend would behave.
The opposite is unfriendly.
It is also the name of:
- Several places in the United States of America:
- People
- Edgar Friendly was a rebel leader in the 1990s movie Demolition Man
- Fred W. Friendly was a former president of CBS News
- Henry Friendly was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- An Australian electronic musical group:
- A Book Character
It can also mean:
- A friendly match, a non-competitive game in team sports such as football.
- Friendly's, an American restaurant chain
friendly in Dutch: Friendly
friendly in Polish: Friendly
friendly in Volapük: Friendly
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accessible, acquainted, affable, affectionate, agreeable, agreeably, amiable, amiably, amicable, amicably, approachable, ardently, arm in arm, at home,
at home with, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, brotherly, buddy-buddy,
cheerful, chummy, civil, close, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, comfortable, comfy, commodious, communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible, congenial, congenially, contented, convenient, convivial, cooperative, cordial, cordially, courteous, cozy, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, demonstrative, devoted, easeful, easy, familiar, familiarly, favorable, favorably, fit for society,
fond of society, fraternal, friendlike, friendliwise, friendly
with, friends with, generous, genial, genially, good-natured,
gracious, gregarious, hand in hand,
harmonious, heartily, hearty, homelike, homely, homey, homish, hospitable, intimate, intimately, kind, kindly, kindly-disposed, liberal, lived-in, loving, luxurious, matey, neighborlike, neighborly, on good terms,
open, openhearted, pally, palsy-walsy, peaceable, peaceful, plain, pleasant, pleasantly, propitious, receptive, relaxing, reposeful, restful, roomy, sib, simpatico, simple, sisterly, snug, sociable, social, social-minded, soft, sympathique, thick, unhostile, unpretending, unreserved, urbane, warm, warm-hearted, warmhearted, warmly, welcoming, well-affected,
well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant, with
open arms