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- Dictionaryhospitable/hɒˈspɪtəbl/
adjective
- 1. friendly and welcoming to visitors or guests: "two friendly, hospitable brothers run the hotel"
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The meaning of HOSPITABLE is given to generous and cordial reception of guests. How to use hospitable in a sentence.
friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors: The villagers were very hospitable to/towards anyone who passed through. Opposite. inhospitable. providing good conditions for living or growing: It's difficult to think of a less hospitable environment than the surface of the moon.
HOSPITABLE meaning: 1. friendly and welcoming to guests and visitors: 2. providing good conditions for living or…. Learn more.
Hospitable definition: receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously. See examples of HOSPITABLE used in a sentence.
When someone makes you feel comfortable and at home, that person is being hospitable, providing a warm, friendly environment. Anything hospitable is welcoming and open. A Greek proverb suggested that in being hospitable, the main feeling should be good will.
hospitable (to/towards somebody) (of a person) pleased to welcome guests; generous and friendly to visitors synonym welcoming The local people are very hospitable to strangers. He thanked Patricia for being such a hospitable hostess.
1. a. friendly, kind, and solicitous toward guests. b. prompted by or associated with friendliness and solicitude toward guests. a hospitable act. 2. favoring the health, growth, comfort, etc. of new arrivals; not adverse. a hospitable climate.
adj. 1. receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family. 2. characterized by or betokening warmth and generosity toward guests or strangers: a hospitable smile. 3. favorably receptive or open (usu. fol. by to ): hospitable to new ideas.
Definition of hospitable adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a. friendly, kind, and solicitous toward guests. b. prompted by or associated with friendliness and solicitude toward guests. a hospitable act. 2. favoring the health, growth, comfort, etc. of new arrivals; not adverse. a hospitable climate.
