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Synonyms for friendliness

  • noun

Most common

familiarity cordiality pleasantness affability friendship bonhomie kindliness amicability

All synonyms

Noun

cordiality, affability, pleasantness, amity formal, familiarity, kindliness, friendship, bonhomie, amicability, amiability, geniality, amicableness

Antonyms

hostility, unfriendliness, sullenness

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The quality of being friendly.

Forms

Plural
friendlinesses → cordialities, affabilities, pleasantnesses, amities…

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Friendliness, Attachment or Friendship?

Friendliness is a quality of friendly feeling, without the deep and settled attachment implied in the state of friendship.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • familiarity Love's intensity can wane as familiarity grows.
  • cordiality His cordiality may not be authentic.
  • pleasantness Usefulness must be combined with pleasantness.
  • friendship Friendship is a plant which must be often watered.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
friendlinesssteady
familiarityrising
cordialityfalling
pleasantnesssteady
affabilityrising
friendshipsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
amity3
8 letters
bonhomie
9 letters
geniality5
10 letters
friendship2, cordiality, affability, amiability6, kindliness
11 letters
familiarity5, amicability
12 letters
pleasantness, amicableness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amity3 = 3 syllables).