likeable
- adjective
- /ˈlaɪkəbl/
- UK
- The protagonist in the movie is likeable, which makes it easy for the audience to root for him.
Theo Von super chill, likable guy, fun interviewer.
- Theo Von super chill, likable guy, fun interviewer.
- So she's got to be likable in some way.
- He's inspiring people, he's a likable person, and he's very successful.
- Yeah, bro, Clinton might be the most likeable human of all time.
- And as women, we are groomed to be likable.
- Because I think it's it's it's really easy and not very interesting to have likeable characters.
- I mean, these guys are just not likable.
- OK Charles doesn't seem like the most likeable chap from the short clips I've seen of him.
- You're immediately so open to share and that makes you so likable, man, so likable and so goes for you.
- It says Justin Long, actor, a likeable, boyish looking actor with thick eyebrows and a friendly smile.
- Well, that means people are going to see that she's more radical than Joe Biden, sure, but she's way less likable as well.
- And furthermore, and I think that may be a personal confession that that's not making me particularly likeable.
- I feel like they're likable and that vague character.
Examples
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He's a very likeable guy.
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The man's a sport, a gentle, likeable guy.
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And he has a charm, of a kind, and certainly he is likeable.
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Yeah, bro, Clinton might be the most likeable human of all time.
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And I'm telling you, these convicts are surprisingly likeable and really talented, right?
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You're pretty likeable.
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Theo Von super chill, likable guy, fun interviewer.
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It says Justin Long, actor, a likeable, boyish looking actor with thick eyebrows and a friendly smile.
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He's inspiring people, he's a likable person, and he's very successful.
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Everyone who meets him finds him to be a likeable person.
Synonyms
Makes people like it, for example a friendly smile or a new idea
Friendly and polite in a way that makes others feel good
Pleasant and friendly that makes other people feel warm toward you
A person or animal that people like because they are kind
Causing people to like someone because they are cute or kind
Friendly and pleasant in a way people like
A person who is pleasant and easy to like
Being friendly, cheerful, and easy to get along with
Pleasant to be with or to experience
Friendly and easy to talk to
A person or thing that is attractive and makes you happy
Antonyms
Someone or something that is hard to like because they have qualities people dislike
How Likeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Likeable comes from the common word like ('to enjoy or feel friendly toward') and the ending -able ('able to be'). So something likeable is 'able to be liked' and easily makes people like or trust it.