likable
adj/ˈlaɪkəbl̩/
Etymology
From like + -able.
Definitions
Having qualities tending to result in being liked
Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable.
- She's a naturally likable person, with lots of friends.
- From the very moment that Judge Payne was introduced to his party he proved himself a likabler guide[.]
- Rendezvous of ’37. He was sashaying around nice as you please. A little green. But the likablest sort of fellow you’d ever want to see.
Capable of, or suitable for, being liked.
- I often struggle the most when trying to decide on what to wear because I wanted people to like me. I believed that if the shirt was not likable by others then I was not likeable^([sic]).
The neighborhood
- synonymamiable
- synonymwell-liked
- antonymunlikable
- neighborlikability
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for likable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA