affable

Meaning

1. Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
2. Mild; benign.

Synonyms

friendly

kind

amiable

sociable

pleasant

cordial

good-natured

nice

genial

gentle

agreeable

kindly

tender

polite

benign

gregarious

courteous

neighborly

companionable

soft

good

👍

complaisant

condescending

congenial

conversable

graceful

gracious

amicable

accommodating

communicable

easy

easygoing

loving

mild

likeable

lovable

lovely

meek

moderate

naive

obliging

pally

placid

pleasing

prepossessing

pretty

sincere

slick

smooth

smooth-tongued

snug

social

soft-spoken

sweet

warm-hearted

well-intentioned

winsome

bow and scrape

open-hearted

loving company

taking kindly to men

fair-spoken

hail-fellow-well-met

aftectionate

accessible

accommodative

affectionate

alluring

amenable

associative

avuncular

benevolent

benignant

carefree

charming

cheerful

civil

clubbable

comfortable

communicative

complacence

compliant

convivial

dainty

disarming

elated

endearing

fair

familiar

folksy

freehearted

glad

good natured

happy

😀

hearty

intimate

jovial

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæf.ə.bəl/

Etymology

French affable, Latin affābilis, from affor (“I address”), from ad + for (“speak, talk”). See fable.