friendly

A1 Topic:Describing People

US /ˈfɹɛnd.li/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #2485

Meanings

1

adj
Kind, warm, and easy to talk to.

Our new neighbours are very friendly.
2

adj
Showing kindness, as something a friend would do.

She gave me some friendly advice about the job.
3

adj
Not involving real conflict or competition.

The two teams played a friendly match before the season.
4

adj
Easy to use, or not harmful to a particular thing.

This website is very user-friendly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

affectionate amiable amicablechummycompanionable congenial cordial facile familiar genial hospitable matey

Opposites

brusque hostilenon-friendlynonfriendlystandoffish unfriendly

Word family

Forms friendlierfriendliesfriendliest

Derived forms biofriendlyenviro-friendlyenvirofriendlyfriendliheadfriendlihoodfriendlinessfriendlyishguest-friendlyheterofriendlyoverfriendlysearch-engine-friendlysuperfriendly

Related forms agreeable friend kindly polite sociable

Common collocations

friendly game Adjective + noun

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.

frendly Middle English frēondlīċ Old English *frijōndlīkaz Proto-Germanic

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# friendly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈfɹɛnd.li
**Frequency rank:** 2485

## Meanings
1. Kind, warm, and easy to talk to.
2. Showing kindness, as something a friend would do.
3. Not involving real conflict or competition.
4. Easy to use, or not harmful to a particular thing.

## Examples
- Our new neighbours are very friendly.
- She gave me some friendly advice about the job.
- The two teams played a friendly match before the season.
- This website is very user-friendly.

## Synonyms
- affectionate
- amiable
- amicable
- chummy
- companionable
- congenial
- cordial
- facile
- familiar
- genial
- hospitable
- matey

## Antonyms
- brusque
- hostile
- non-friendly
- nonfriendly
- standoffish
- unfriendly

## Derived Forms
- biofriendly
- enviro-friendly
- envirofriendly
- friendlihead
- friendlihood
- friendliness
- friendlyish
- guest-friendly
- heterofriendly
- overfriendly
- search-engine-friendly
- superfriendly

## Related Forms
- agreeable
- friend
- kindly
- polite
- sociable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: frendly
- Root: frēondlīċ
- Root: *frijōndlīkaz
- Affix: -ly - (adv.) in a manner of

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Friendly comes 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. In current use, the main senses are “Kind, warm, and easy to talk to” and “Showing kindness, as something a friend would do”.

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- Describing People

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