| Main Entry: | hospitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cordial |
Synonyms: |
congenial, courteous, friendly, neighborly |
| Main Entry: | accommodating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to help |
Synonyms: |
considerate, cooperative, friendly, generous, handy, helpful, hospitable, kind, neighborly, obliging, on deck, on tap, polite, unselfish, user friendly |
Antonyms: |
alienating, disobliging, estranged |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous, unsparing |
Synonyms: |
big, big-hearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, eager, handsome, hospitable, lavish, liberal, munificent, open-handed, prodigal, unstinging, willing |
Antonyms: |
mean, niggardly, tight-fisted |
| Main Entry: | generous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giving, big-hearted |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, big, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, considerate, easy, equitable, excellent, fair, free, good, greathearted, helpful, high-minded, honest, honorable, hospitable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, lavish, liberal, lofty, loose, magnanimous, moderate, munificent, noble, open-handed, philanthropic, prodigal, profuse, reasonable, soft-touch, thoughtful, tolerant, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting, willing |
Antonyms: |
greedy, mean, miserly, selfish, stingy |
| Main Entry: | gracious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | kind, giving |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, big-hearted, bland, bonhomous, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, complaisant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, easy, forthcoming, friendly, gallant, genial, good-hearted, good-natured, hospitable, indulgent, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, sociable, stately, suave, tender, unctuous, urbane, well-mannered |
| Notes: | graceful means characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form; gracious means characterized by charm, good taste, kindness, and generosity of spirit |
Antonyms: |
discourteous, hateful, mean, nasty, rude, sarcastic, severe, ungiving, ungracious, unkind, vulgar |
| Main Entry: | neighborly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly |
Synonyms: |
amiable, civil, companionable, considerate, cooperative, cordial, genial, gracious, gregarious, harmonious, helpful, hospitable, kind, obliging, sociable, social, well-disposed |
Antonyms: |
cold, distant, unfriendly, unneighborly, unsociable |
| Main Entry: | obliging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, helpful |
Synonyms: |
accommodating, agreeable, amiable, cheerful, civil, complaisant, considerate, cooperative, courteous, eager to please, easy, easygoing, good-humored, good-natured, hospitable, kind, lenient, mild, polite, willing |
Antonyms: |
disobliging, inconsiderate, mean, uncooperative, unfriendly, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | openhanded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generous |
Synonyms: |
altruistic, benevolent, big, big-hearted, bountiful, charitable, considerate, giving, helpful, hospitable, kind, kindhearted, kindly, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, thoughtful, unselfish |
| Main Entry: | receptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open to new ideas |
Synonyms: |
acceptant, acceptive, accessible, alert, amenable, approachable, bright, favorable, friendly, hospitable, influenceable, interested, observant, open, open to suggestions, open-minded, perceptive, persuadable, pushover, quick on the uptake, ready, recipient, responsive, sensitive, suggestible, susceptible, swayable, sympathetic, welcoming, well-disposed |
Antonyms: |
unfriendly, unreceptive |
| Main Entry: | social |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | public, friendly |
Synonyms: |
amusing, civil, collective, common, communal, communicative, community, companionable, convivial, cordial, diverting, entertaining, familiar, general, gracious, gregarious, group, hospitable, informative, mannerly, neighborly, nice, organized, pleasant, pleasurable, polished, polite, popular, sociable, societal |
Antonyms: |
hermetical, private, secluded, unfriendly, unsocial |