loveable

Examples

• All

• As a result, these children will begin to value and view themselves as "loveable" and "worthwhile."

  Academic text (2000)

• Off the field, he was a loveable person.

  Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)

• I am healthy, I am lovable, I am loved.

• Well, there were such lovable characters that, you know, we thought it was cool.

• And you can't get much more loveable than that.

  Hollidaysburg (2014)

• But cats are lovable and will fit in a box, right?

• I am deeply, deeply lovable just the way I am.

• And we got lovable cousin Carl over here.

• And you know, I think you are correct when you say that he's this like lovable, you know, kind human.

• You're so totally loveable!

  Strange Magic (2015)

Synonyms

A

adorable

vsloveable

280 1.0

Very cute in a way that makes people love it

is more general in affection and not mainly childlike charm

A

appealing

vsloveable

138 2.3

Makes people like it, for example a friendly smile or a new idea

tends to attract or interest rather than inspire deep affection

L

likable

vsloveable

• US

72 1.0

Pleasant and friendly that makes other people feel warm toward you

suggests stronger emotional warmth rather than simple pleasantness

L

lovable

vsloveable

62 1.3

A person or animal that people like because they are kind

has identical meaning but is spelled with an extra e

E

endearing

vsloveable

31 3.5

Causing people to like someone because they are cute or kind

is broader and can inspire affection without innocence

A

amiable

vsloveable

21 3.4

Friendly and pleasant in a way people like

is about inspiring warmer affection beyond mere friendliness

A

agreeable

vsloveable

18 1.0

Pleasant to be with or to experience

is weaker giving mild liking not deep emotional attachment

L

lovely

vsloveable

9 1.1

A person or thing that is attractive and makes you happy

is more about deep affectionate qualities than outward charm

L

likeable

vsloveable

• UK

1 1.0

Nice and friendly so people feel warm toward you

expresses deeper affection and commitment rather than casual regard

L

lovesome

vsloveable

• Archaic

9.9

Warm and gentle in a way that makes people want to care for it

is similar but focuses more on easy capacity for affection

Antonyms

R

repulsive

59 5.5

Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell

U

unlovable

• Offensive

5 6.1

Hard for people to like or feel close to

How Lovable

irresistible

88 3.8

lovely

∞ 1.0

loveable

• UK

1 1.0

likable

• US

72 1.0

unlovable

• Offensive

5 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology