sociable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   friendly and pleasant

   a sociable gathering

2. 2
   adj

   inclined to or conducive to companionship with others

   a sociable occasion

3. 3
   adj

   Tending to socialize or be social.

   He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.

4. 4
   adj

   Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.

   a sociable party

5. 5
   adj

   Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.

   They are sociable parts united into one body.

6. 6
   adj

   No longer hostile; friendly.

   Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?

7. 7
   noun

   An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.

   At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.

8. 8
   noun

   a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

Etymology

From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociābilis.