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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

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

Avuncular and experienced, he advises her to be more likable, which seems futile, because everyone she meets quickly gets exasperated by her combination of earnest idealism and hall-monitor insistence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

The politics and social views of modernism’s adherents aren’t always likable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

I wanted to find out why it was so appealing and likable.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah