affable

1. 1.

   diffusing warmth and friendliness

   “an affable smile”

   “an amiable gathering”

   “cordial relations”

   “a cordial greeting”

   “a genial host”

   Synonymsamiablecordialgenial

   Similarfriendly

Questions about affable

What does affable mean?

affable means "diffusing warmth and friendliness".

How many syllables are in affable?

affable has 3 syllables: af-fa-ble. The stress falls on "af". In IPA it is /ˈæfəbəl/.

What is another word for affable?

Close synonyms include amiable, cordial, genial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is affable a common word?

affable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.