Entry Word: amiable

Function: adjective

Meaning: having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations <the owner of the inn is an amiable, talkative widow who treats guests like family>

Synonyms affable, agreeable, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, nice, sweet, well-disposed

Related Words amicable, cordial, friendly, neighborly; benign, gentle, kind; cheerful, cheery, sunny; companionable, sociable; civil, considerate, courteous, polite, thoughtful; accommodating, amenable, obliging; attractive, delightful, enjoyable

Near Antonyms boorish, discourteous, ill-mannered, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, surly, uncivil, unmannerly; bearish, bilious, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabby, cranky, dyspeptic, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, quick-tempered, snappish, testy, touchy; argumentative, contentious, contrary, ornery, querulous; unappealing, unattractive

Antonyms disagreeable, ill-natured, ill-tempered, ungracious, unpleasant