sociable B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/ See IPA manual Freq #22154 Meanings 1 adj Friendly and enjoying the company of other people. She is a sociable person who quickly makes friends wherever she goes. 2 adj Pleasant and relaxed, with plenty of chance to talk and mix with others. It was a warm, sociable evening with good food and easy conversation. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · friendly and enjoying the... congenialfriendly More clubbablecompanionableextrovertedgregariousoutgoingsocial ↔ Opposites introvertedseclusiveshysolitaryunclubbableunsociableunsocial Word family Forms sociablyunsociable Derived forms antisociablehypersociablenonsociablesociabilitysociablenesssociablysupersociable Related forms crackfriendly Common collocations sociable conversation Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociābilis. sociable Middle French sociābilis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sociable **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/ **Frequency rank:** 22154 ## Meanings 1. Friendly and enjoying the company of other people. 2. Pleasant and relaxed, with plenty of chance to talk and mix with others. ## Examples - She is a sociable person who quickly makes friends wherever she goes. - It was a warm, sociable evening with good food and easy conversation. ## Synonyms - clubbable - companionable - extroverted - gregarious - outgoing - social ## Antonyms - introverted - seclusive - shy - solitary - unclubbable - unsociable - unsocial ## Derived Forms - antisociable - hypersociable - nonsociable - sociability - sociableness - sociably - supersociable ## Related Forms - crack - friendly ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sociable - Root: sociābilis ## Etymology From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociābilis. ## Topics - People & Society markdown