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friendable

friendable adjective: capable or worthy of being someone’s friend.

Adjective

friendable (comparative more friendable, superlative most friendable)

  1. (informal) Capable or worthy of being someone’s friend.
    • A second way we make ourselves more friendable is by developing our ability to listen.1996, Melannie Svoboda, “Friendship”, in Traits of a Healthy Spirituality, Mystic, Conn.: Twenty-Third Publications, published 1997 (2nd printing), →ISBN, page 23
    • So it turned out that I was totally friendable after all, and I’d been way overthinking the whole how-do-you-make-friends thing.2013, Ransom Riggs, “Camp Dread or How to Survive a Shockingly Awful Summer”, in Rebecca Stern, Brad Wolfe, editors, Breakfast on Mars and 37 Other Delectable Essays, New York, N.Y.: Roaring Brook...
  2. (rare) Able to be added to a list of friends on a social networking site.
    • To some degree, of course, having one’s profile accessible to others is a core feature of social networks – after all, if one wasn’t visible, friendable, or contactable, there wouldn’t be much point in being on a social network in the first place.2009 February, Jennifer Barrigar, “Accessibility of Information to Others”, in Social Network Site Privacy: A Comparative Analysis of Six Sites, Ottawa, Ont.: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of...
    • The poststudio has become the non-site of production as circulation, with some sort of artist plugged into it. Via this connection, the figure of the artist herself dematerializes, becomes a profile—viral, bloggable, friendable, and defriendable—her most abstract work being herself, or her own...2012 September, John Kelsey, “Next-Level Spleen”, in Artforum, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 413, column 3

Examples of friendable in a sentence

  • They modeled, traveled, practiced nursing in the same ward during the Blitz (figuring they’d rather be killed together) and were, long before Facebook, highly “friendable,” as Celia put it.2025 May 4, Alexandra Jacobs, “They [Celia and Mamaine Paget] Were Identical ‘Twinnies’ Who Charmed [George] Orwell, [Albert] Camus and...
  • Via this connection, the figure of the artist herself dematerializes, becomes a profile—viral, bloggable, friendable, and defriendable—her most abstract work being herself, or her own connectivity.2012 September, John Kelsey, “Next-Level Spleen”, in Artforum, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 413, column 3:

Forms of friendable

comparativemore friendable
superlativemost friendable

Origin of friendable

From friend + -able.

Words formed from friendable

Questions about friendable

What does friendable mean?
Friendable means capable or worthy of being someone’s friend.
How do you use friendable in a sentence?
They modeled, traveled, practiced nursing in the same ward during the Blitz (figuring they’d rather be killed together) and were, long before Facebook, highly “friendable,” as Celia put it.
What part of speech is friendable?
Friendable is an adjective.

Words near friendable in the dictionary

  1. friend-zoned
  2. friend-zonee
  3. friend-zonees
  4. friend-zones
  5. friend-zoning
  6. friendable
  7. friendboy
  8. friendboys
  9. friendcest
  10. friended
  11. friendess

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