sociableness

so·cia·ble

(sō′shə-bəl)

adj.

1. Fond of the company of others; gregarious: a sociable party guest.

2. Marked by or affording occasion for agreeable conversation and conviviality. See Synonyms at social.

A social.

[French, from Latin sociābilis, from sociāre, to share, join, from socius, companion; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

so′cia·ble·ness n.

so′cia·bly adv.

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Noun

sociableness - the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows

sociability

personableness - the complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive

extraversion, extroversion - (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self

ambiversion - (psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion

sociality - the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups; "mammals as a class are not strong on sociality"

conviviality, joviality - a jovial nature

companionability, companionableness - suitability to be a companion

camaraderie, chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship - the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

gregariousness - the quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone

openness, nakedness - characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive

sociableness

noun

The quality of being pleasant and friendly:

affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, amiableness, congeniality, congenialness, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, genialness, pleasantness, sociability, warmth.

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