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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers |
| Section III. Sympathetic Affections |
| 1. Social Affections |
| 888. Friendship. |
| NOUN: | FRIENDSHIP, amity; friendliness &c. adj.; brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, confraternity; sorority, sorosis, sisterhood; harmony (concord) [See Concord]; peace [See Peace]. firm -, staunch -, intimate -, familiar -, bosom -, cordial -, tried -, devoted -, lasting -, fast -, sincere -, warm -, ardent- friendship. cordiality, fraternization, association, entente cordiale [F.], good understanding, rapprochement [F.], sympathy, fellow-feeling, response, welcomeness; affection (love) [See Love]; partiality, favoritism; good will (benevolence) [See Benevolence]. acquaintance, introduction, familiarity, intimacy, intercourse, fellowship, knowledge of. |
| VERB: | BE FRIENDLY &c. adj.; be friends [See Friend], be acquainted with &c. adj.; know; have the ear of; keep company with (sociality) [See Sociality]; hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with; have a leaning to; bear good will (benevolent) [See Benevolence]; love [See Love]; make much of; befriend (aid) [See Aid]; introduce to. set one’s horses together; have the latchstring out [U. S.]; hold out -, extend- the right hand of -friendship, - fellowship; become friendly &c. adj.; make friends &c. (890) with; break the ice, be introduced to; pick up acquaintance; make -, scrape- acquaintance with; get into favor, gain the friendship of. shake hands with, strike hands with, fraternize, sororize [rare], embrace; receive with open arms, throw oneself into the arms of; meet halfway, take in good part. |
| ADJECTIVE: | FRIENDLY, amicable, amical; well-affected, unhostile, neighborly; brotherly, fraternal, sisterly, sororal [rare]; ardent, devoted, sympathetic, harmonious, hearty, cordial, warm-hearted. friends with, at home with, hand in hand with; on -good, - friendly, - amicable, - cordial, - familiar, - intimate- -terms, - footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms, on one’s visiting list; in one’s good -graces, - books. acquainted, familiar, intimate, thick, hand and glove, hail fellow well met, free and easy; welcome. |
| ADVERB: | AMICABLY &c. adj.; with open arms, à bras ouverts [F.]; sans cérémonie [F.]; arm in arm. |
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