clubbable

adjective

ˈklə-bə-bəl How to pronounce clubbable (audio)
variants also clubable
Definition of clubbablenext
as in outgoing
likely to seek or enjoy the company of others a frequenter of coffeehouses, Samuel Johnson has been called the most clubbable man in English literature

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Recent Examples of clubbable While other right-wing populists, in Europe and elsewhere, get caught up in talk of race, or religion, or replacement theory, Farage’s language is always careful, always clubbable. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025 Its top editors have tended to be tweedy, clubbable figures who slip between academia and the upper reaches of journalism. — New York Times, 26 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clubbable
  1. outgoing
  2. social
  3. friendly
  4. convivial
  5. hospitable
  6. companionable
Adjective
  • Zelenskyy met separately Tuesday with outgoing defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, a 35-year-old tech-savvy entrepreneur credited with swiftly developing Ukraine’s drone technology that has given it a battlefield edge.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Haley, president of the Arizona State Board of Education, was endorsed by outgoing state Treasurer Kimberly Yee.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of outgoing
Adjective
  • Their trendy menu and craft cocktails are accompanied by Williams’ curated social events.
    — Ruth Abramovitz, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • VisionSpring, a global nonprofit social enterprise supplying affordable glasses to people in poorer countries, estimates that roughly one in three Bangladeshi garment workers need glasses but do not have them.
    — Al Emrun Garjon, Fortune, 19 July 2026
Definition of social
Adjective
  • The real-estate people who stand to profit from conversion projects claim (unsurprisingly) that adding union-friendly requirements would make their math impossible, effectively killing a program that is already bearing fruit.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • But astronaut Stu Roosa started a friendly collaboration that spanned the country and continues today.
    — Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of friendly
Adjective
  • But after a morning of pastoral Tyrolean views, followed by a convivial lunch at a lakefront restaurant, my commitment to solitude wavered.
    — Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • While not fine dining in the truest sense, Mother was a colorful and convivial space to enjoy Venditti’s elevated vegetarian and vegan plates.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of convivial
Adjective
  • Most of The Odyssey's adventure scenes are actually stories recounted by Odysseus to the Phaeacians, a sophisticated and extremely hospitable people (the ideal practitioners of xenia).
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
  • And recently, creatives and activists, who dream of transforming it into a hospitable greenway, have been hosting arts events.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of hospitable
Adjective
  • This companionable book, by a Cambridge classicist, marvels at the ancient world.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • In a companionable, lively voice, the author includes us in those adventures.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of companionable

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“Clubbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbable. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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