LIKABLE Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

likable

adjective

variants or likeable

as in loved

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.

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Recent Examples of likable The same, alas, cannot be said for Marsden, a generally likable actor who feels miscast here. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026 What separates Mary from Alex, and the magnetically likable from everyone else, isn’t status, good looks, or wit. —

Big Think, 18 Mar. 2026 The story has a tragic air, because West comes across in Adult Braces and her other writings as likable, principled, and decent. —

Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2026 One of the newest bands on the Street Mob roster, the quartet has stood out for its smoother, more sentimental approach to música mexicana — and for the wildly likable onstage presence of singer and frontman Gustavo Raya-García. —

Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for likable

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Adjective

Nastiness can be framed as a function of mourning a loved one, as with Dorinda’s rants on RHONY; or despair over personal crises, as with RHOC star Shannon Beador’s DUI and car crash.

— Shamira Ibrahim, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
For those with loved ones still in Iran, this pause doesn't bring them any peace.

— Ubah Ali April 7, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026