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Synonyms
amicable, bonhomous, buddy-buddy, chummy, collegial, companionable, comradely, cordial, friendly, genial, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, neighborly, palsy, palsy-walsy [slang], warm, warmhearted
Antonyms
antagonistic, hostile, unfriendly
1915, in the meaning defined above
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