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

Translations

vriendelijk

freundlich

afable

affable

afável

umgänglich

amable

leutselig

lief

voorkomend

cortese

aardig

comis

nett

affabile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæf.ə.bəl/

Etymology

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