Antonyms for Friendship
ˈfrɛnd ʃɪpfriend·ship

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 8 votes

1. friendship

   Friendship is a deep, quiet, enduring affection, founded upon mutual respect and esteem. Friendship is always mutual; there may be unreciprocated affection or attachment, unrequited love, or even unrecognized and unappreciated devotion, but never unreciprocated or unrequited friendship; one may have friendly feelings toward an enemy, but while there is hostility or coldness on one side there can not be friendship between the two. Friendliness is a quality of friendly feeling, without the deep and settled attachment implied in the state of friendship. Comity is mutual kindly courtesy, with care of each other's right, and amity a friendly feeling and relation, not necessarily implying special friendliness; as, the comity of nations, or amity between neighboring countries. Affection may be purely natural; friendship is a growth. Friendship is more intellectual and less emotional than love; it is easier to give reasons for friendship than for love; friendship is more calm and quiet, love more fervent; love often rises to intensest passion; we can not speak of the passion of friendship. Friendship implies some degree of equality, while love does not; we can speak of man's love toward God, not of his friendship for God. (There is more latitude in the use of the concrete noun friend; Abraham was called "the friend of God;" Christ was called "the friend of sinners.") Compare ACQUAINTANCE; LOVE.

   See synonyms for BATTLE; ENMITY; FEUD; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   affection, amity, attachment, comity, consideration, devotion, esteem, esteem, favor, friendliness, good will, love, regard

   Preposition:
   The friendship of one person for or toward another, or the friendship between them.

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. friendship, friendly relationshipnoun

   the state of being friends (or friendly)

   Synonyms:
   friendly relationship, friendship

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1. friendshipnoun

   Antonyms:
   enmity, estrangement, alienation, disaffection, hostility, aloofness

   Synonyms:
   amity, intimacy, amicability, friendliness

How to use Friendship in a sentence?

1. Montesquieu:

   Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

2. Charles Dudley Warner:

   The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.

3. Charlotte Bronte:

   If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

4. Ted Deutch:

   After serving the public for more than 15 years, I have decided I will not seek re-election this November, public service was instilled in me by my father who earned a Purple Heart in the Battle of the Bulge, and it has been a tremendous privilege to serve the people of Palm Beach and Broward Counties in Congress since 2010. I am incredibly grateful to my constituents for their support and friendship.

5. La Rochefoucauld:

   However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

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