likable

English

Etymology

like +‎ -able

Alternative forms

• likeable

Adjective

likable (comparative more likable, superlative most likable)

1. Capable of being liked.

   I suppose he's likable; why shouldn't he be?

2. (of a person) Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable.

   She's a naturally likable person, with lots of friends.

Antonyms

• unlikable

Related terms

• likability

Translations

capable of being liked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 招人喜歡 (cmn), 招人喜欢 (cmn) (zhāorén xǐhuān)

• Finnish: miellyttävä (fi)

• Hungarian: szeretetre méltó (hu)
• Scottish Gaelic: tlachdmhor (gd)

having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 招人喜歡 (cmn), 招人喜欢 (cmn) (zhāorén xǐhuān)

• Finnish: miellyttävä (fi)
• French: aimable (fr), sympathique (fr), sympa (fr)
• German: liebenswert (de)
• Hungarian: rokonszenves (hu), szimpatikus (hu)

• Japanese: 好かれる (ja) (すかれる, sukareru), 好まれる (ja) (このまれる, konomareru)
• Polish: sympatyczny (pl)
• Russian: милый (ru) (mílyj), приятный (ru) (prijátnyj), привлекательный (ru) (privlekátelʹnyj), симпатичный (ru) (simpatíčnyj), располагающий (ru) (raspolagájuščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: tlachdmhor (gd)