likable
or like·a·ble
- readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
Origin of likable
Synonyms for likable
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sympathetic, enjoyable, genial, amiable, sweet, winsome, charming, engaging, appealing, good-natured, attractive, charismatic, likeable, agreeable, friendly, good, pleasing, preferable, winning, relishableExamples from the Web for likable
Contemporary Examples of likable
But you find something in them to make them likable and people you do want to spend more than five minutes with.
Instead, Ernst is seen as a “likable, relatable person” who is cut “from the cloth of small-town Iowa.”
Now they should show strength—but still be likable, according to new research.
My debate partner in Virginia was articulate, educated, likable, and familiar with a vast range of relevant scientific research.
More than anything else, a talk show host needs to be “likable” the way Jay Leno always was.
Historical Examples of likable
The girl was amusing enough, and, indeed, a most likable person at her best.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
But he explained that and—and—well, he can be so nice and likable, that I forgave him.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
Because they were so likable and intelligent and adaptable—they were vastly dangerous!
ZenJerome Bixby
Good fellow all right, and, for a 'sphinx' as you call him, likable.
A likable chap, this Thorpe, but lazy—just an idler—he had concluded.
likable
likeable
- easy to like; pleasing