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

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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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1. John Quincy Adams:

   The harmony of the nation is promoted and the whole Union is knit together by the sentiments of mutual respect, the habits of social intercourse, and the ties of personal friendship formed between the representatives of its several parts in the performance of their service at this metropolis.

2. Hilal Ahmad Mir:

   Pakistan makes it easy for Kashmiris to get a visa, in some ways, Pakistan and India have a very good relationship. We have had a lot of damage. We want friendship, not guns.

3. Abdul Baha, Paris Talks, p. 15:

   Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.

4. Charlie Simpson:

   This has been sort of building for the last couple of years now, with us getting back, rebuilding our friendship, we went for a long time without really seeing each other so ... the culmination of all that happening today was pretty wild.

5. Colette:

   But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried and exquisite friendship does not take away your taste for something new and dubious.