Friendship

Quick meaning: Friendship is a noun meaning (uncountable) The condition of being friends.

Meaning

(uncountable) The condition of being friends.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
2. (uncountable) Good will.

Example Sentences

In good times and bad, in sickness and health, the benefits of friendships between women are physically and psychologically undeniable.

But (as the Poet ſaith) Malè ſarta gratia, nequicquam coit, & reſcinditur: Friendſhip, that is but euill peeced, will not ioine cloſe, but falleth aſunder againe:

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.

Word Forms

• friendships

Synonyms for friendship

Depending on context, synonyms include chumship, amity, closeness, fellowship, friendhood, mateship.

Antonyms for friendship

Common opposites include enemyship, foeship, enmity, unfriendship.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include acquaintance, companionship, friend, camaraderie, good-neighborliness, fellowship.

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