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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hospitable

The weather will be more hospitable than last week’s game against the Houston Texans. —Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025

If prospects for an Israeli-Saudi deal seemed remote before October 7, the environment today is considerably less hospitable. —Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025

Despite statements and expectations of significant action to be taken across the board to make the U.S. more hospitable to cryptoassets, including the creation of a crypto advisory council, politics and international headlines might very well put these items on to the back burner. —Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025

The upper chamber has been slightly more hospitable terrain for Trump skeptics within the party than the House. —Niall Stanage, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025