About The Word Hospitable

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Hospitable

Hospitable Meaning & Definition
Hospitable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hospitable?

[adj] favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment"
[adj] disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations"
[adj] (`hospitable' is usually followed by `to') having an open mind; "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hospitable: kind | open to(p) | receptive | welcoming

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hospitable: admissible | admissive | admissory | affable | agreeable | amenable | amiable | amicable | approachable | ardent | assuring | bighearted | bounteous | bountiful | cheering | civil | clubbable | clubbish | clubby | comforting | communicative | companionable | companionate | compatible | condolatory | condolent | condoling | congenial | consolatory | consoling | convivial | cooperative | cordial | courteous | encouraging | fit for society | fond of society | free | freehanded | freehearted | friendly | generous | genial | giving | gracious | greathearted | gregarious | handsome | heartening | hearty | imbibitory | ingestive | intromissive | intromittent | invitatory | inviting | large | largehearted | lavish | liberal | magnanimous | munificent | neighborly | of good comfort | open | openhanded | openhearted | open-minded | princely | profuse | reassuring | receivable | receptible | receptive | recipient | relieving | sociable | social | social-minded | stintless | supportive | sympathetic | tolerant | ungrudging | unselfish | unsparing | unstinted | unstinting | urbane | warm | warmhearted | welcoming

See Also | friendly

Hospitable In Webster's Dictionary

\Hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See {Host} a landlord.] 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. --Shak. 2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites. To where you taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. --Goldsmith.

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