For all his faults, Sam is still a very likable person.
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Likable
//ˈlaɪkəbl̩//
Synonyms for "likable" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- привлекателен adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- приятен adj (capable of being liked)
- приятен adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- харесван adj (capable of being liked)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 招人喜歡 /招人喜欢 adj (capable of being liked)
- 招人喜歡 /招人喜欢 adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Esperanto
1 entries- simpatia adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Finnish
2 entries- miellyttävä adj (capable of being liked)
- miellyttävä adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
French
3 entries- aimable adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- sympa adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- sympathique adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
German
1 entries- liebenswert adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Hindi
2 entries- प्रिय adj (capable of being liked)
- प्रिय adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Hungarian
4 entries- kedvelhető adj (capable of being liked)
- rokonszenves adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- szeretetre méltó adj (capable of being liked)
- szimpatikus adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Irish
1 entries- taitneamhach adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Italian
2 entries- piacevole adj (capable of being liked)
- simpatico adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Japanese
2 entries- 好かれる adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- 好まれる adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- likendes adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- omgjengelig adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- likandes adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- omgjengeleg adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Polish
1 entries- sympatyczny adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Portuguese
1 entries- agradável adj (capable of being liked)
Romanian
4 entries- amabil adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- plăcut adj (capable of being liked)
- plăcut adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- simpatic adj (capable of being liked)
Russian
4 entries- ми́лый adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- привлека́тельный adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- прия́тный adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- располага́ющий adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Sanskrit
1 entries- गूर्त adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- tlachdmhor adj (capable of being liked)
- tlachdmhor adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dopadljiv adj (capable of being liked)
- dopadljiv adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- ljubazan adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
- simpatičan adj (capable of being liked)
Spanish
1 entries- agradable adj (capable of being liked)
Ukrainian
1 entries- симпати́чний adj (having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Tom's a likable guy.
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Mary was a likable girl.
Source: tatoeba (2070943)
Tom is likable.
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