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Sunday, April 3, 2011

"Are you sociable?"

She asked. 

"So that means," she continued, "are you likely to seek or enjoy the company of others?" 

Sociable

1.) Synonyms boon, clubbable (also clubable), clubby, companionable, extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable, social

Related Words cordial, folksy, forthcoming, friendly, hospitable; affable, genial, gracious; agreeable, amiable, congenial, kindly, neighborly; animated, gay, jaunty, jolly, jovial, lively, peppy, perky, pert, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious; communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative; bright, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, effervescent, upbeat; bubbly, exuberant, high-spirited

Near Antonyms misanthropic; aloof, cold, cool, detached, distant, frosty, remote, reserved, standoffish; mum, mute, reticent, silent, taciturn Antonyms antisocial, insociable, introverted, nongregarious, reclusive, unsociable, unsocial


2.) showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations

Synonyms affable, cordial, genial, hospitable, sociable
Related Words agreeable, amiable, benign, benignant, congenial, convivial, friendly, kind, kindly, neighborly; accommodating, obliging; considerate, courteous, polite, thoughtful; cosmopolitan, sophisticated, urbane; approachable, attentive, outgoing
Near Antonyms boorish, churlish; abrupt, blunt, brusque (also brusk), curt, gruff, sharp, snippy; antisocial, disagreeable, discourteous, ill-mannered, impolite, rude, sullen, surly, uncivil, unfriendly, unkind, unmannerly; crabbed, crabby, cross, crusty, grumpy Antonyms inhospitable, ungenial, ungracious, unsociable
3.) tending to group with others of the same kind
Synonyms gregarious, sociable, social

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