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Definitions

likable

[lahy-kuh-buhl] / ˈlaɪ kə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
nice, pleasant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amiable appealing attractive charismatic charming engaging enjoyable genial good-natured likeable sweet sympathetic winsome
WEAK
agreeable friendly good pleasing preferable relishable sweet-natured winning
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cold cool disagreeable irritable mean repellent repulsive ugly unfriendly unhappy unpleasant
WEAK
bad hateful unlikable unlikeable

Example Sentences

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The director says he initially used wide lenses, which highlighted that Joe was "distracted, he's not a likable person".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Characters with strong personalities that are not simplistically likable feel the truest to Jimenez.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

If you require a villain, I’ve got bad news: Both of these teams are pretty likable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Avuncular and experienced, he advises her to be more likable, which seems futile, because everyone she meets quickly gets exasperated by her combination of earnest idealism and hall-monitor insistence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

We were told he was a charming man, calm, likable, and polite.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.