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likable

[lahy-kuh-buhl] / ˈlaɪ kə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
nice, pleasant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amiable appealing attractive charismatic charming engaging enjoyable genial good-natured likeable sweet sympathetic winsome
WEAK
agreeable friendly good pleasing preferable relishable sweet-natured winning
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cold cool disagreeable irritable mean repellent repulsive ugly unfriendly unhappy unpleasant
WEAK
bad hateful unlikable unlikeable

Example Sentences

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Ferreira’s Margot, the new film’s gutsy, likable lead, is a content moderator for a social media site named Kino.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Sam is hapless and downwardly mobile, yet he’s as likable as a shy puppy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The director says he initially used wide lenses, which highlighted that Joe was "distracted, he's not a likable person".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Steve Carell’s character in the likable, watchable and even lovable “Rooster” is classic Steve Carell: Self-aware, charming, boyish, incapable of reading a room, sidestepping a faux pas or calculating nuance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

I wanted to be like you—popular and likable and well known.

From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper