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.

Affable — meaning and how to say it: AF-uh-buhl

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
diffusing warmth and friendliness
“an affable smile”
“an amiable gathering”
“cordial relations”
“a cordial greeting”
“a genial host”
Synonymsamiable cordial genial
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