sociable

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

so·ci·able BrE [ˈsəʊʃəbl] NAmE [ˈsoʊʃəbl] (also less frequent so·cial) adjective
(of people)enjoying spending time with other people
Syn: ↑gregarious
•She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone.
•I'm not feeling very sociable this evening.
•We had a very sociable weekend (= we did a lot of things with other people).
•The hours are not very sociable in this job (= you have to work early, late, at the weekend, etc.).
compare ↑antisocial, Opp: ↑unsociable
Derived Word: ↑sociability
See also: ↑social

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin sociabilis, from sociare ‘unite’, from socius ‘companion’.

Thesaurus:
sociable [sociability sociable] adj. (approving)
•She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone.
gregarious • • outgoing • • extrovert • |especially AmE, approving social •
Opp: unsociable, Opp: antisocial
a/an sociable/gregarious/outgoing/extrovert/social person
a/an sociable/gregarious/outgoing/social nature
Sociable or gregarious? Sociable is an approving term to describe sb's character, behaviour or mood. Gregarious is neither approving or disapproving; it describes sb's character or behaviour but not their mood:
•I'm not feeling very sociable this evening.
 ✗ I'm not feeling very gregarious this evening.

Example Bank:
•She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone.
•We had a very sociable weekend.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  social, mixer