What does likable mean?

Definitions for likable
ˈlaɪ kə bəllik·able

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word likable.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likableadjective

    (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

    "the sympathetic characters in the play"

  2. likable, likeableadjective

    easy to like; agreeable

    "an attractive and likable young man"

Wiktionary

  1. likableadjective

    Capable of being liked.

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

  2. likableadjective

    Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable.

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

Wikipedia

  1. likable

    In sociology, popularity is how much a person, idea, place, item or other concept is either liked or accorded status by other people. Liking can be due to reciprocal liking, interpersonal attraction, and similar factors. Social status can be due to dominance, superiority, and similar factors. For example, a kind person may be considered likable and therefore more popular than another person, and a wealthy person may be considered superior and therefore more popular than another person. There are two primary types of interpersonal popularity: perceived and sociometric. Perceived popularity is measured by asking people who the most popular or socially important people in their social group are. Sociometric popularity is measured by objectively measuring the number of connections a person has to others in the group. A person can have high perceived popularity without having high sociometric popularity, and vice versa. According to psychologist Tessa Lansu at the Radboud University Nijmegen, "Popularity [has] to do with being the middle point of a group and having influence on it."

ChatGPT

  1. likable

    Likable refers to a quality or characteristic that makes a person or thing attractive, enjoyable, or appealing to others. It suggests someone or something that is pleasant, friendly, and easy to get along with, thereby drawing positive responses or feelings from others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Likableadjective

    such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person

Wikidata

  1. Likable

    "Likable" is Toshinori Yonekura's 29th single. Released as a limited print CD single coupled with a DVD, it is Yonekura's final single released under Warner Music Group. It is the lead single to his album, Samurai Quality.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of likable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of likable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of likable in a Sentence

  1. Mick Mulvaney:

    There's a very real possibility we will win a race for Senate in Florida and lose a race in Texas for Senate, O.K. ? i don't think The New York Times's likely, but it's a possibility. How likable is a candidate ? The New York Times still counts.

  2. Jennifer Earle:

    I lead hundreds of people on chocolate tours, and on every tour someone asks me about ‘fair-trade,’ big businesses especially want to be seen as doing good, as having a ‘likable personality,’ because they face greater competition from smaller businesses who often do have a face and personality behind their brand.

  3. Marg Makins:

    David Mitchell was very likable. Wasn't very good with the dollar. David Mitchell spent everything( or) gave it away if David Mitchell couldn't spend it on David Mitchell, david Mitchell was funny, curious, always had a joke.

  4. John Kilwein:

    Justice is a likable candidate – he takes that ‘aw shucks’ thing to the next level, this is going to be [Manchin’s] toughest fight, but I think anyone who thinks this is going to be a piece of cake is wrong. I don’t think he’s going to be easy to beat.

  5. Glenn Beck:

    I hate to crap on my own show, when Hillary Clinton lost — which is understandable. Hillary Clinton's not exactly the most likable person in the room. And then when Kate McKinnon went out there on' Saturday Night Live' in the cold opening and all that, and Kate McKinnon started dressed as Hillary Clinton, and Kate McKinnon started playing' Hallelujah,' I literally prayed. ' Please have a joke at the end.'.

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