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Synonyms & Antonyms of likable
easy to like; having pleasant or appealing qualities
- Detective Grant is the most likeable character in the novel.
- She seems like a friendly, likable young woman.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for likable
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for likable
- contemptible,
- disagreeable,
- disgusting,
- distasteful,
- heinous,
- horrible,
- lousy,
- nasty,
- offensive,
- unlikable,
- unpleasant,
- wretched
- frightful,
- grotesque,
- hideous,
- ill-favored,
- monstrous,
- ogreish,
- repellent
- (also repellant),
- repugnant,
- repulsive
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“Likable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likable. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of likable was in 1730
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