'Hospitable' definitions:
Definition of 'hospitable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment" [ant: inhospitable]
adjective
Disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations" [ant: inhospitable]
adjective
Having an open mind; "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions"
Definition of 'Hospitable'
From: GCIDE
- Hospitable \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites. [1913 Webster]
- To where you taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hospitable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- open-minded,
- openhanded,
- openhearted,
- 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
Words containing 'Hospitable'
- Hospitableness,
- Hospitably,
- Hospital,
- Hospitalism,
- Hospitalities,
- Hospitality,
- Hospitalize,
- Hospitate,
- hospitalization,
- Foundling hospital,
- General hospitals,
- Hospital Sunday,
- Hospital ship,
- Lock hospital,
- field hospital,
- hospital apprentice,
- hospital attendant,
- hospital bed,
- hospital care,
- hospital chaplain,
- hospital fever,
- hospital occupancy,
- hospital room,
- hospital train,
- hospital ward,
- hospitalization insurance,
- maternity hospital,
- mental hospital,
- military hospital,
- psychiatric hospital,
- Mobile Army Surgical Hospital