cordial

1. 1.

   diffusing warmth and friendliness

   “an affable smile”

   “an amiable gathering”

   “cordial relations”

   “a cordial greeting”

   “a genial host”

   Synonymsaffableamiablegenial

   Similarfriendly
2. 2.

   politely warm and friendly

   “a cordial handshake”

   Similarwarm
3. 3.

   sincerely or intensely felt

   “a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort”

   “a cordial abhorrence of waste”

   Similarsincere

1. 1.

   strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal

   Synonymsliqueur

   Broaderalcohol

   NarrowerabsinthamarettoanisettebenedictineChartreusecoffee liqueurcreme de cacaocreme de menthecreme de fraiseDrambuie

Other forms of cordial

plural

cordials·

comparative

cordialer·

superlative

cordialest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cordial

What does cordial mean?

cordial means "diffusing warmth and friendliness". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cordial?

cordial has 2 syllables: cor-dial. The stress falls on "cor". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹdʒəl/.

What is another word for cordial?

Close synonyms include affable, amiable, genial, liqueur. 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 cordial a common word?

cordial is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.