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SOCIABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("sociable" is a kind of...):
party (a group of people gathered together for pleasure)
Derivation:
sociable (inclined to or conducive to companionship with others)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Friendly and pleasant
Example:
a sociable gathering
Classified under:
Similar:
congenial (suitable to your needs)
Derivation:
sociability; sociableness (the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
Example:
Americans are sociable and gregarious
Classified under:
Similar:
clubable; clubbable (inclined to club together)
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)
Also:
friendly (characteristic of or befitting a friend)
extraversive; extroversive (directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality)
social (living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups)
Attribute:
sociability; sociableness (the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows)
Antonym:
unsociable (not inclined to society or companionship)
Derivation:
sociability (the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows)
sociable (a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity)
sociableness (the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows)
Context examples:
It so happened that Beth's funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"That's a sociable arrangement," said Amy, missing something in Laurie's manner, though she couldn't tell what.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
