What is another word for unfriendly?

Synonyms for unfriendly
ʌnˈfrɛnd liun·friend·ly

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word unfriendly.

Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. unfriendlyadjective

    Antonyms:
    friendly

  2. unfriendlyadjective

    Antonyms:
    friendly

  3. unfriendlyadjective

    Antonyms:
    friendly

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unfriendly

    Synonyms:
    inhospitable, ungenial, unkind, disobliging

Princeton's WordNet1.5 / 2 votes

  1. unfriendlyadjective

    not easy to understand or use

    "user-unfriendly"

    Synonyms:
    uncongenial, hostile, inimical

    Antonyms:
    amiable, companionate, friendly, hospitable, palsy-walsy, informal, neighbourly, matey, affable, pally, hail-fellow-well-met, cozy, couthy, amicable, social, hail-fellow, chummy, cordial, neighborly, comradely, genial, intimate, couthie

  2. unfriendlyadjective

    not disposed to friendship or friendliness

    "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"

    Synonyms:
    uncongenial, hostile, inimical

    Antonyms:
    friendly, couthy, hospitable, comradely, companionate, cozy, amicable, couthie, cordial, neighbourly, hail-fellow-well-met, chummy, affable, matey, genial, amiable, intimate, hail-fellow, informal, neighborly, social, pally, palsy-walsy

  3. unfriendly, inimicaladjective

    not friendly

    "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"

    Synonyms:
    uncongenial, hostile, inimical

    Antonyms:
    companionate, genial, chummy, cozy, pally, hail-fellow, couthy, friendly, social, intimate, neighbourly, palsy-walsy, cordial, comradely, hospitable, amiable, hail-fellow-well-met, informal, neighborly, amicable, couthie, matey, affable

  4. hostile, uncongenial, unfriendlyadjective

    very unfavorable to life or growth

    "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"

    Synonyms:
    uncongenial, hostile, incompatible, inimical

    Antonyms:
    comradely, hail-fellow-well-met, palsy-walsy, chummy, hail-fellow, amiable, genial, cordial, matey, informal, couthy, social, friendly, couthie, hospitable, amicable, companionate, neighborly, neighbourly, pally, cozy, affable, intimate

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. not kind

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unfriendlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    unkind, hostile, inimical, malevolent, antagonistic

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unfriendlyadjective

    Synonyms:
    hostile, ill-disposed, inimical, malign, unamicable, disaffected, alienated, estranged, antagonistic, unfavorable, adverse

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "unfriendly":

    hostile

How to pronounce unfriendly?

How to say unfriendly in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#1986cold
#5680adverse
#9085distant
#12170hostile
#17090incompatible
#24087indifferent
#27806contentious
#36720alienated
#40140unfriendly
#45446estranged
#49221antagonistic
#52117frigid
#55147belligerent
#60499unkind
#64070disaffected
#66269warlike
#78003inhospitable
#88971inimical
#115380bellicose
#273499uncongenial

How to use unfriendly in a sentence?

  1. Blake Herzinger:

    Flying aircraft close to each other at 500 miles per hour with unfriendly intentions is generally unsafe, at that range, an unexpected maneuver or an equipment issue can cause a terrible accident in under a second.

  2. Bruce Johnson:

    I hope that no parent ever feels like a classroom is an unfriendly place for their kids.

  3. Aki Peritz:

    Mar-a-Lago has been a porous place ever since Donald Trump declared Donald Trump candidacy and started winning primaries several years ago, if you were any intelligence service, friendly or unfriendly, worth their salt, they would be concentrating their efforts on this incredibly porous place.

  4. Samantha Maness:

    I have seen and heard (Hicks) be very unfriendly to a lot of people in this community.

  5. Yuri Kochetkov/Pool -RRB- Putin:

    Western countries aren’t only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic sphere, but top officials from leading NATO members made aggressive statements regarding our country.


Translations for unfriendly

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for unfriendly »

Translation

Find a translation for the unfriendly synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"unfriendly." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 Jun 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/unfriendly>.

Discuss these unfriendly synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for unfriendly?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Synonyms.com

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    An antonym for "ignominious"
    A inglorious
    B smuggled
    C opprobrious
    D honorable

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for unfriendly: