affable
UK/ˈæf.ə.bəl/
affable adjective: receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
Adjective
affable (comparative more affable, superlative most affable)
- Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
- Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.1912, James Burrill Angell, “chapter ix Mission To The Ottoman Empire”, in The Reminiscences Of James Burrill Angell
- […] He stood bolt upright instead with his stumpy arms resting comfortably on the backsof the pilot's and co-pilot's seats, pipe in hand, making affable small talk to McWatt and whoever happened to be co-pilot and pointing out amusing trivia in the sky to the two men, who were too busy to be...1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Chief White Halfoat”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 45
- Synonyms:
- accessible, civil, complaisant, courteous, friendly, gracious, personable
- Mild; benign.
- During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree[…]1998, Alexia Maria Kosmider, Tricky Tribal Discourse, page 84
affable meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
affable in Hindi
- affable, amiable, genial
- मिलनसार milansār
affable in Urdu
- affable, amiable, genial
- ملنسار milansār
affable in Bengali
- বন্ধুবৎসল, অমায়িক
affable in Malayalam
- മധുരവാക്കായ, ഉപചാരശീലമുളള, കൃപയുള്ള, അനുനയമുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- affable in Kannada
- ನೊಚ್ಚಗಿನ
Examples of affable in a sentence
- My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
- Beside me is an affable young man who goes by the name of Haz.
- I hope I appear affable and bossish enough, and not that distracted.
Synonyms of affable
Antonyms
Forms of affable
| comparative | more affable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most affable |
Origin of affable
Borrowed from French affable, from Latin affābilis, from affor (“to address”), from ad + for (“to speak, to talk”). See fable. By surface analysis, af- + fable.
Words formed from affable
Questions about affable
- What does affable mean?
- Affable means receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
- What is affable in Hindi?
- Affable in Hindi is मिलनसार (milansār). See Affable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is affable?
- Affable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce affable?
- Affable is pronounced /ˈæf.ə.bəl/ (UK).
Words near affable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: affable (page history and authors); मिलनसार (Hindi) (page history and authors); ملنسار (Urdu) (page history and authors); affable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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