| Main Entry: |
amiable |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
friendly, agreeable |
Synonyms: |
affable,
amicable,
attractive,
benign, breezy, buddy-buddy,
charming,
cheerful, clubby,
complaisant,
cool*, copacetic,
cordial,
cozy,
delightful, downright neighborly,
easy,
engaging,
friendly,
genial, good-humored, good-natured,
gracious, home cooking,
kind,
kindly,
lenient,
lovable,
mellow,
mild, obliging, palsy-walsy,
pleasant,
pleasing, princely, pussycat,
responsive,
right,
righteous,
sociable, sweet-tempered,
swell*,
tight*,
warm, warmhearted,
winning
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| Notes: |
amicable implies being well disposed; amiable is acting well disposed and amiable is commonly applied only to people - though sometimes it is used for occasions, while amicable is not applied to people at all but to human interactions and their outcomes; amiable first meant 'kind' or 'lovely, lovable' and amicable first applied to things and meant 'pleasant, benign' |
Antonyms: |
crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, mean, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly
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