Synonyms of hospitable

hospitable

adjective

hä-ˈspi-tə-bəl 

as in gracious

showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations

the family is unfailingly hospitable whenever guests show up unexpectedly at their summer cottage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gracious
• friendly
• polite
• thoughtful
• cordial
• affable
• kindly
• sociable
• genial
• outgoing
• amiable
• kind
• congenial
• courteous
• neighborly
• benign
• convivial
• considerate
• accommodating
• agreeable
• obliging
• cosmopolitan
• attentive
• sophisticated
• benignant
• urbane
• approachable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inhospitable
• ungracious
• unsociable
• ungenial
• boorish
• churlish
• abrupt
• brusque
• gruff
• blunt
• sharp
• unfriendly
• curt
• disagreeable
• rude
• unkind
• antisocial
• surly
• sullen
• discourteous
• impolite
• snippy
• uncivil
• unmannerly
• cross
• crusty
• grumpy
• crabby
• crabbed
• brusk
• ill-mannered

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of hospitable

See Billy Zane as Marlon Brando in Uncanny Photos from New Film Waltzing with Brando The next several clips show Brando’s efforts — some of which seemingly fail — to make the island hospitable. —Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024

First-generation immigrants also make disproportionately large entrepreneurial and innovative contributions to the economy, which would be lost if the United States becomes less hospitable to immigration. —Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2024

As new people are sewn into the quilt of New Orleans—like the immigrants from Latin America who have helped pull the city back together since 2006—the most generous and hospitable traditions of New Orleans are passed on to a new generation. —Joshua Carlucci, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2024

As its name suggests, copper IUDs include copper, a material that makes the uterus a less hospitable place for sperm. —Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 29 Oct. 2024