Synonyms for friendship
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Fellowship
love, fellowship, affection, intimacy, closeness, alliance, devotion, esteem, association, friendliness, familiarity, attachment, company, amicability rare
Other
entente cordiale, chumship rare, palship rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition of being friends.
- n. 2
A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
Related words
- Word family
- friendshipper
- Phrases
- romantic friendship affectionate friendship friendship bench passionate friendship
- Is a kind of
- relationship union
Forms
- Plural
- friendships → loves, fellowships, affections, intimacies…
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So there may be association in business without intimacy or friendship. Friendship includes acquaintance with some degree of intimacy, and ordinarily companionship, though in a wider sense friendship may exist between those who have never met, but know each other only by word and deed.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- affection She has a great affection for her little brothers.
- fellowship In times like these, we must all act in fellowship.
- intimacy Yanni and Skura want to have moments of intimacy.
- closeness I don't fear the closeness between different peoples.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| friendship | steady | |
| affection | rising | |
| fellowship | steady | |
| intimacy | rising | |
| closeness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- love1
- 5 letters
- amity3
- 6 letters
- esteem2, comity3
- 7 letters
- company3, harmony3, concord2, palship
- 8 letters
- alliance3, devotion3, intimacy4, chumship
- 9 letters
- affection3, closeness2
- 10 letters
- fellowship3, attachment3
- 11 letters
- association5, familiarity5, amicability
- 12 letters
- friendliness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amity3 = 3 syllables).