| Main Entry: | friendship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companionship |
Synonyms: |
accord, acquaintanceship, affection, affinity, agreement, alliance, amiability, amicability, amity, association, attachment, attraction, benevolence, closeness, coalition, comity, company, concord, consideration, consonance, devotion, empathy, esteem, familiarity, favor, favoritism, fondness, friendliness, fusion, good will, harmony, intimacy, league, love, pact, partiality, rapport, regard, sociability, society, sodality, solidarity, understanding |
Antonyms: |
enmity, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | harmony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social agreement |
Synonyms: |
accord, affinity, amicability, amity, compatibility, concord, conformity, consensus, consistency, cooperation, correspondence, empathy, friendship, good will, kinship, like-mindedness, meeting of minds, peace, rapport, sympathy, tranquility, unanimity, understanding, unity |
Antonyms: |
clash, disagreement, discord, fighting |
| Concept: | Friendship. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
friendship, amity; friendliness; brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, confraternity; harmony (concord); peace., firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar bosom friendship, cordial friendship; tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship., cordiality, fraternization, entente cordiale, good understanding, rapprochement, sympathy, fellow-feeling, response, welcomeness., affection (love); favoritism; good will (benevolence)., acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, intercourse, fellowship, knowledge of; introduction.
-verbs
be friendly, be friends [more], be acquainted with adj.; know; have the ear of; keep company with (sociality); hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with; have a leaning to; bear good will (benevolent); love; make much of; befriend (aid); introduce to., set one's horses together; have the latchstring out [U. S.]; hold out the right hand of friendship, extend the right hand of friendship, hold out the right hand of fellowship; become friendly; make friends with; break the lee, be introduced to; make acquaintance with, pick acquaintance with, scrape acquaintance with; get into favor, gain the friendship of., shake hands with, fraternize, embrace; receive with open arms, throw oneself into the arms of; meet halfway, take in good part.
-adjectives
friendly; amicable, amical; well-affected, unhostile, neighborly, brotherly, fraternal, sympathetic, harmonious, hearty, cordial, warmhearted., friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with; on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms; in one's good graces, in one's good books., acquainted, familiar, intimate, thick, hand and glove, hail fellow well met, free and easy; welcome.
-adverbs
amicably; with open arms; sans ceremonie; arm in arm.
-phrases
amicitia semper prodest [Seneca]; "a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one" [Carlyle]; "friendship is love without either flowers or veil" [Hare]; trulgus
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Antonyms: |
enmity |
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