sociable

sociable

adjective

Definition of SOCIABLE

1

likely to seek or enjoy the company of others <he's an intensely sociable child, even prone to fits of depression when he's left alone>

Synonyms boon, clubbable (also clubable), clubby, companionable, extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable, social

Related Words cordial, folksy, forthcoming, friendly, hospitable; affable, genial, gracious; agreeable, amiable, congenial, kindly, neighborly; animated, gay, jaunty, jolly, jovial, lively, peppy, perky, pert, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious; communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative; bright, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, effervescent, upbeat; bubbly, exuberant, high-spirited

Near Antonyms misanthropic; aloof, cold, cool, detached, distant, frosty, remote, reserved, standoffish; mum, mute, reticent, silent, taciturn

Antonyms antisocial, insociable, introverted, nongregarious, reclusive, unsociable, unsocial

2

showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations <a pleasant and sociable hostess who puts everyone instantly at ease>

Synonyms affable, cordial, genial, hospitable, sociable

Related Words agreeable, amiable, benign, benignant, congenial, convivial, friendly, kind, kindly, neighborly; accommodating, obliging; considerate, courteous, polite, thoughtful; cosmopolitan, sophisticated, urbane; approachable, attentive, outgoing

Near Antonyms boorish, churlish; abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), curt, gruff, sharp, snippy; antisocial, disagreeable, discourteous, ill-mannered, impolite, rude, sullen, surly, uncivil, unfriendly, unkind, unmannerly; crabbed, crabby, cross, crusty, grumpy

Antonyms inhospitable, ungenial, ungracious, unsociable

3

tending to group with others of the same kind <the sociable weaverbird breeds in large umbrella-shaped nests>

Synonyms gregarious, sociable, social

Related Words associational, consociational, subsocial; dependent, parasitic (also parasitical), precocial, symbiotic

Near Antonyms autonomous, independent, self-contained, semiautonomous, semi-independent; altricial, self-subsistent, self-sufficient, self-supporting, self-sustaining; lone, recluse, reclusive, unsociable

Antonyms nonsocial, solitary