Collocations for friendship - noun

deep, firm, good, great, strong
Their quarrel meant the end of a beautiful friendship.
They formed a close friendship at college.

close, intimate
beautiful, warm
real, true
innocent, platonic
Their affair had started out as an innocent friendship.

eternal, lasting, lifelong, long, long-standing
They made vows of eternal friendship to each other.
It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendships.

new, old
personal

build, develop, establish, forge, form, make, start up, strike up
He finds it difficult to make lasting friendships.
Jo struck up a friendship with a girl in her class.

maintain
cement
We cemented our friendship with a beer.

cultivate
He's trying to cultivate his friendship with the Edwards family.

promote
The aim of the festival is to promote friendship between the two countries.

rekindle, renew
It will be a pleasure to renew our friendship.

destroy, ruin, spoil, wreck
How can you let such a silly incident ruin your friendship?

end
lose
risk
betray
He betrayed our friendship by revealing my secret to his cousin.

value

develop, grow
Friendships need time to develop.

begin, start
end

friendship between
He was jealous of the friendship between his wife and daughters.

friendship with
Her mother did not approve of her friendship with Ahmed.

bonds of friendship, ties of friendship
The ties of friendship between us will never be broken.

the hand of friendship
He extended the hand of friendship towards/toward his former enemy.

a gesture of friendship
In a gesture of friendship she invited them to her wedding.

an offer of friendship
She offended them by turning down their offer of friendship.

a spirit of friendship
We hope the spirit of friendship between our countries will remain.

a token of your friendship
Please accept this gift as a token of our friendship.