Affable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable.
  • adj. Gentle and gracious: an affable smile.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
  • adj. Mild; benign.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.
  • adj. Gracious; mild; benign.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Easy of conversation or approach; admitting others to intercourse without reserve; courteous; complaisant; of easy manners; kind or benevolent in manner: now usually applied to those high-placed or in authority: as, an affable prince.
  • Expressing or betokening affability; mild; benign: as, an affable countenance.
  • Synonyms Courteous, civil, complaisant, accessible, mild, benign, condescending, communicative, familiar, easy, gracious, conversable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness
  • Equivalent
    friendly   
    Antonym
    arrogant    ill-tempered    surly    haughty    hateful   
    Form
    affableness    affably    affability   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    benign    condescending    mild    accessible    civil    complaisant    courteous    sociable    gracious    conversable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    laughable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts