Synonyms of hospitable

hospitable

adjective

hä-ˈspi-tə-bəl 

as in gracious

showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations

the family is unfailingly hospitable whenever guests show up unexpectedly at their summer cottage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gracious
• friendly
• polite
• thoughtful
• cordial
• affable
• kindly
• sociable
• genial
• outgoing
• amiable
• kind
• congenial
• courteous
• neighborly
• benign
• convivial
• considerate
• accommodating
• agreeable
• obliging
• cosmopolitan
• attentive
• sophisticated
• benignant
• urbane
• approachable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inhospitable
• ungracious
• unsociable
• boorish
• churlish
• abrupt
• blunt
• gruff
• brusque
• unfriendly
• sharp
• ungenial
• curt
• disagreeable
• rude
• unkind
• antisocial
• surly
• sullen
• discourteous
• impolite
• snippy
• uncivil
• unmannerly
• cross
• crusty
• grumpy
• crabby
• crabbed
• ill-mannered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hospitable

Li said that Yunnan would have offered our archaic human relatives a hospitable climate, rich in plant and animal life. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

The arrival of more hospitable temperatures was a relief for first responders at the fest’s first aid station. — Jim Dudlicek, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Several artists and festival organizers noted that this weekend’s temperatures, hovering around the mid-80s, are much more hospitable than the near-triple digits that have been observed some years. — Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026

All this to say that London famously remains at once hospitable to the outsider and adept at keeping him or her on the surface. — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026