Thesaurus / genial
other words for genial
- affable
- amiable
- cheerful
- cheery
- chipper
- congenial
- convivial
- easygoing
- gentle
- good-natured
- gracious
- jolly
- jovial
- kindly
- pleasant
- sociable
- sunny
- upbeat
- agreeable
- amicable
- blithe
- cheering
- chirpy
- cordial
- enlivening
- favorable
- friendly
- glad
- hearty
- high
- jocund
- joyous
- kind
- merry
- neighborly
- perky
- sunny side up
- up
- upper
- warm
- warm-hearted
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Is of a mild, genial disposition, with but little force of character.
I apologised for my intrusion; but the atmosphere of the place was not genial.
THE CHARM OF IRELANDBURTON EGBERT STEVENSON
Wilson was such a genial, friendly soul I should have thought he would have felt the loneliness very much.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTLOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Gentle and genial, simple and warm-hearted, how full of anxiety must have been his life in the days which followed.
It was well along in the afternoon when Charley bade the genial Mr. Bowers good-by and headed his mule back for camp.
THE BOY CHUMS IN THE FLORIDA JUNGLEWILMER M. ELY
The genial climate admirably suited the philosophical wanderer.
DANIEL BOONEREUBEN GOLD THWAITES
It would have been difficult to find a more urbane or genial gentleman in all Switzerland.
ANTHONY TRENT, MASTER CRIMINALWYNDHAM MARTYN
And though the air upon the neighbouring marsh is poisonous, here it is dry, and spreads a genial health.
SKETCHES AND STUDIES IN ITALY AND GREECE, SECOND SERIESJOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
Over all this scene there was a genial sunshine, intermingled with a slight haze, which made it unspeakably soft and tender.
THE GORGON'S HEADNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
"She's a peach, too," he volunteered with the genial impudence that characterized him.
THE PIRATE OF PANAMAWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
WORDS RELATED TO GENIAL
- affable
- amicable
- attractive
- benign
- breezy
- buddy-buddy
- charming
- cheerful
- clubby
- complaisant
- cool
- copacetic
- cordial
- cozy
- delightful
- downright neighborly
- easy
- engaging
- friendly
- genial
- good-humored
- good-natured
- gracious
- home cooking
- kind
- kindly
- lenient
- lovable
- mellow
- mild
- obliging
- palsy-walsy
- pleasant
- pleasing
- princely
- pussycat
- responsive
- right
- righteous
- sociable
- sweet-tempered
- swell
- tight
- warm
- warmhearted
- winning
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