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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
Brink’s skill and motor are very likable.
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Advertisement Some of TV’s best love stories have ended with two relatively likable characters splitting up.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
This has turned into a maddening and unpredictable and immensely likeable team.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Characters with strong personalities that are not simplistically likable feel the truest to Jimenez.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Advertisement Some of TV’s best love stories have ended with two relatively likable characters splitting up.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
This has turned into a maddening and unpredictable and immensely likeable team.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Characters with strong personalities that are not simplistically likable feel the truest to Jimenez.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for likable
Adjective
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But for the loved ones of the three still missing, an agonizing wait continues.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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At that same company, a hospice social worker wrote about a family's grief when their loved one passed, but there was no evidence the patient was actually dead.—
Adam Yamaguchi,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Individual plants live for 300 years with attractive, but sterile, red flower spikes.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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Both have other attractive abilities.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In the decades before the Civil War, public theater was not generally considered respectable.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Mar. 2026
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Variety’s final predictions correctly called 18 of the 24 categories — a respectable 75% success rate — but the larger lesson of the season may be simpler.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The best space here is undoubtedly the breakfast room and the tiered terrace that runs off it and into the garden—such a charming treat in the middle of a capital city.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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Dumas wrote his titular character as a man of mystique and a naturally charming presence capable of holding court with a wealth of tales from exotic locales.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In the hands of a sandwich master, these things can come from elsewhere—in the Vegitalian, thin slabs of fresh mozzarella and, of all things, a thick layer of roasted sweet-potato slices.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Relax by the grand fireplace overlooking the mountainside as you’re delivered triers of sweet pastries and chocolate treats, savory salmon toasts, lobster rolls, and more while Artisanal high chocolate is poured over fluffy cotton candy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There’s a lovely, gentle soapy smell throughout the hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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Although the focus is on architecture, many of the homes in the landmark district have lovely landscaped backyards that guests are welcome to visit and admire.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Moo Deng soared to stardom shortly after she was born in 2024, largely thanks to a keeper who shared adorable pictures and videos of the baby hippo on social media.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Spring has almost arrived in the northern hemisphere and with the new season comes warm temperatures, blooming flowers, and adorable baby animals.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Indeed, Cleveland was admirable for not playing the usual Washington games.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Each played their respective roles with admirable consistency, providing comfort to long-term viewers through the show's initial conclusion in 2010.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Likable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/likable. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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