Definition for Affable:

• Easy of address, courteous, complaisant. Hence or cogn. affability n., affably adv. [ French]

Synonyms for Affable:

• adj.

  •cheerful (adjective)
  • easygoing,
  • sunny,
  • lively,
  • jaunty,
  • spirited,
  • merry,
  • lighthearted,
  • gay,
  • sparkling,
  • glad,
  • jolly,
  • cheery,
  • cheerful,
  • optimistic,
  • bright,
  • pleased,
  • joyful,
  • buoyant,
  • happy.
  •friendly (adjective)
  • nice,
  • welcoming,
  • well-disposed,
  • breezy,
  • peaceful,
  • companionable,
  • peaceable,
  • urbane.
  •good-humored (adjective)
  • easy.
  •sociable (adjective)
  • chatty,
  • gabby,
  • convivial,
  • hospitable,
  • garrulous,
  • folksy,
  • neighborly,
  • vivacious,
  • talkative.

• n.

  •
  • good.
  •affable (noun)
  • open,
  • expansive,
  • good-humoured,
  • amicable,
  • approachable.

Antonyms for Affable:

• adj.

  • friendly
    rude, unkind, miserable, nasty, discourteous, grumbling, impolite, uncivil, hateful, unsociable, reserved, unhappy, disagreeable, complaining, unsophisticated, grouchy, unmannerly, disdainful, uncivilized, unfriendly, surly, mean, irritable, unrefined.
  • Other antonyms:
    tense, curt, antagonistic, unpleasant, hostile, ceremonious, nervous, rude, brusque, bellicose, belligerent, decorous, bearish, jittery, ungenial, abrupt, touchy, blunt, indifferent, sullen, alienated, estranged, worried, ill-humored, ornery, frigid, churlish, crabbed, distressed, contrary, jumpy, surly, formal, ill-natured, gruff, high-strung, Unamiable, unattractive, disagreeable, disaffected, ill-tempered, inimical, crusty, adverse, vinegary, bothered, unappealing, boorish, anxious, dyspeptic, uptight, cantankerous, skittish, bilious, warlike, sour, unkind.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    Inaffable.

• n.

  • affable
    unfriendly, cool, reticent, reserved.

Homophones for Affable:

• apollo, apulia, affably, afl, abelia, ably, above all, appall, aboulia, awful, afoul, apply, abele, abel, awfully, able, avail, abila, appeal, apple, appal, abyla, abulia, avowal.