Meaning | Inclined to or conducive to companionship with others. |
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Examples | - "a sociable occasion"
- "enjoyed a sociable chat"
- "a sociable conversation"
- "Americans are sociable and gregarious"
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Attribute of | sociability, sociableness | The relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows / fellows |
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Narrower | clubbable, clubable | Inclined to club together |
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clubbish, clubby | effusively sociable |
companionable | Suggestive of companionship |
convivial, good-time | Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company |
extroverted, forthcoming, outgoing | At ease in talking to others |
social | Composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability |
See also | extroversive, extraversive | directed outward |
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friendly | characteristic of or befitting a friend |
social | Living together or enjoying / enjoying / enjoying / enjoying life in communities or organized groups |
Opposite | unsociable | not inclined to society or companionship |
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Spanish | sociable, social |
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Catalan | sociable |
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Nouns | sociability, sociableness | the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows / fellows |
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sociable | a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity |
Adverbs | sociably | in a sociable manner |
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sociably | in a gregarious manner |