variants
also clubable
as in outgoing
likely to seek or enjoy the company of others
a frequenter of coffeehouses, Samuel Johnson has been called the most clubbable man in English literature
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Recent Examples of clubbable
Its top editors have tended to be tweedy, clubbable figures who slip between academia and the upper reaches of journalism.
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New York Times, 26 May 2018
New York Times, 26 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clubbable
Adjective
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Coaching Carousel: Aaron Glenn returns Yesterday, the Jets gave outgoing Lions DC Aaron Glenn something to celebrate, via a five-year contract to become their next head coach.—
Jacob Robinson,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Harris, the outgoing taoiseach, assumed the role of deputy prime minister Thursday, and will expect to step back into the role of Ireland’s leader again in 2027.—
Kathy Rose O'Brien,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As Derek Thompson wrote earlier this month in The Atlantic, more and more Americans are retreating from in-person social interactions, turning instead to smartphones and other devices in search of intimacy.—
Maytal Eyal,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025
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This is a rape, Breillat shows us, carried out not by physical force but by calculation, aided by a social architecture that encourages the girl to capitulate to him.—
Victoria Uren,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The message behind it all: Wine is convivial and fun and fits into your lifestyle.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2025
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Greg Gumbel, the affable and low-key sportscaster who for more than five decades was a convivial play-by-play voice and studio host for N.F.L. games, Super Bowls, the Olympics and, most memorably, the madness that descends on college basketball every March, died on Friday at his home in Davie, Fla.—
Michael S. Rosenwald,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Dalin was gracious in the moment, but those close to him and the campaign acknowledge that the sting was real.—
George Allen,
Robb Report,
15 Jan. 2025
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The hotel feels grown-up and staff effusively handle all of your needs with a striking level of gracious humility.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Soon, one of them, a gregarious red-headed senior at Shawnee Mission East High School, began to rock back and forth.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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Although gregarious by nature, some bottlenose dolphins are quite adventurous, and can set off on their own to live in foreign waters.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Ichiro, who was elected to the hall in Cooperstown, New York, with 99.7% of the vote, addressed the journalist during a news conference on his election Thursday, extending a friendly invitation.—
Kimmy Yam,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
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My interactions with other people became fraught with anxiety almost immediately upon making the switch; even a friendly handshake held the potential for disaster.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For a while, the team sits together in the truck, watching in companionable silence as the lumbering giants disappear, one by one, into the trees.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
8 Dec. 2024
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The companionable dynamics in his scenes with Melling and Kene are a treat and help to leaven the languor that sets in the back-half of the run-time.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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At the moment, the smaller, clubbier HFPA has been disbanded in favor of a larger and more representative group of global journalists.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Jan. 2025
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The move from billion-user platforms back to balkanized networks on clubbier apps such as Discord could allow savvy individuals to step in and bridge distinct worlds.—
W. David Marx,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near clubbable
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“Clubbable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clubbable. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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