Synonyms 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 this synonym:0.0 / 0 votes

1. friendship, friendly relationshipnoun

   the state of being friends (or friendly)

   Synonyms:
   friendly relationship

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. a long conflictnoun

   Submitted by iservin0010 on February 26, 2024  

2. mateship

   mates are friends

   Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. friendshipnoun

   Synonyms:
   friendliness, amity, amicableness, fellowship, attachment, intimacy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. friendshipnoun

   Synonyms:
   amity, intimacy, amicability, friendliness

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "friendship":

   friendly, amity, amistad, goodwill, good-will, friendliness

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How to use friendship in a sentence?

1. RJ Intindola:

   Friendship is rooted in the protection of deep dark secrets.

2. Gordon Chang:

   All the anti-U.S. trinkets have been now replaced with trinkets now showing friendship.

3. Ekin Deligoez:

   She has maneuvered herself into such a 'no win' situation, and in such a situation, Mrs Merkel comes along with the wish for friendship! Erdogan knows that and he is using it.

4. Pradeep T:

   Friendship is like a tree; it needs care in early days when it's a small plant and when it grows to a size of a tree, it is there for you for a lifetime. Sadly, many plants face an unnatural, abrupt, and painful death.

5. Otto Frederick Warmbier:

   I apologize to each and every one of the millions of the Korean people and I beg that you see how I was used and manipulated, my reward for my crime was so much smaller than the rewards that the Z Society and the Friendship United Methodist Church get from the United States Administration.