friendly

Plural: friendlies

Noun

• A person who is friendly; a match played for practice.
• troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
• A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting, etc.
• A person or entity on the same side as one's own in a conflict.

Adjective

• Inclined to approve, help, or support; amiable.
• characteristic of or befitting a friend
  • "friendly advice"
  • "a friendly neighborhood"
  • "the only friendly person here"
  • "a friendly host and hostess"
• easy to understand or use
  • "user-friendly computers"
  • "a consumer-friendly policy"
  • "a reader-friendly novel"
• of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
  • "in friendly territory"
  • "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire"

Adjective Satellite

• inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile
  • "a government friendly to our interests"

Adj

• Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
• Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.
• Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.
• Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).
• Without any hostility.
• Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.
• Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports.
• Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.

Adv

• In a friendly manner; like a friend.

Examples

• a dog-friendly café
• a friendly breeze or gale
• a friendly competition
• a friendly power or state
• a user-friendly software program
• Despite the fierce competition, the game was played in a friendly spirit.
• friendly
• friendly n-tuples
• friendly pairs
• He gave a friendly smile.
• He played a friendly against his mentor to hone his Scrabble skills.
• Organic farms only use soil-friendly fertilisers.
• Our sandwiches are made with dolphin-friendly tuna.
• The cobbled streets aren't very bike-friendly.
• The soldier was killed by friendly fire.
• the use of environmentally friendly packaging
• This match is merely a friendly, so don't worry too much about it.
• Your cat seems very friendly.

Synonyms

favorable, well-disposed, affectionate, amiable, amicable, amicably, chummy, companionable, congenial, cordial, facile, familiar, friendlily, friendly, genial, hospitable, matey, personable, simpatico, welcoming

Antonyms

hostile, unfriendly, brusque, non-friendly, nonfriendly, standoffish

Related Words

agreeable, friend, kindly, polite, sociable

Anagrams of friendly