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Adjectives (5)

good-humored, good-humoured

adj. disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson

affable, cordial, genial

adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"

Fuzzynyms (51)

pleasant

adj. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"

complaisant, obliging

adj. showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"

affable, amiable, cordial, genial

adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"

benignant, gracious

adj. characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king"

friendly

adj. easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"

engaging, piquant

adj. attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes"

sweet

adj. pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"

gratifying, sweet

adj. pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge"

sociable

adj. friendly and pleasant; "a sociable gathering"

congenial

adj. suitable to your needs; "a congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock

sociable

adj. inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; "a sociable occasion"; "enjoyed a sociable chat"; "a sociable conversation"; "Americans are sociable and gregarious"

amicable

adj. characterized by friendship and good will

gracious

adj. characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"

hospitable

adj. disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations"

gregarious

adj. (of plants) growing in groups that are close together

gregarious

adj. instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others; "he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude"

accessible

adj. easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man"

complaisant, obliging

adj. showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"

amiable, good-humored, good-humoured

adj. disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson

benignant, gracious

adj. characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king"

pleasant

adj. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"

convivial, good-time

adj. occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company; "a convivial atmosphere at the reunion"; "a woman of convivial nature"; "he was a real good-time Charlie"

familiar, unstudied

adj. "lectured in a familiar style"

likable, likeable

adj. easy to like; agreeable; "an attractive and likable young man"

commonplace

adj. completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"

pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound

adj. lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

cliched, ready-made

adj. repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"

friendly

adj. easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"

angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet

adj. having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition"

Synonyms (19)

equable, even-tempered, good-tempered, placid

adj. not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays"

chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy

adj. (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals

companionate

adj. like a companion; "companionate marriage"; "a companionate dog"

comradely, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met

adj. heartily friendly and congenial

favorable, favourable, well-disposed

adj. favorably disposed; not antagonistic; "a government favorable to our interests"

hospitable

adj. favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment"

neighborly, neighbourly

adj. exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor

social

adj. marked by friendly companionship with others; "a social cup of coffee"

Antonyms (19)

ungrateful

adj. disagreeable; "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln

crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered

adj. annoyed and irritable

dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen

adj. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

unfriendly

adj. not disposed to friendship or friendliness; "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"

hypnotic > palmate > rumble > ho > harsh > dz > kick upstairs > amiable

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