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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SO'CIABLE, a. [L. sociabilis, from socius, a companion, probably from sequor, to follow. See Seek.]
1. That may be conjoined; fit to be united in one body or company; as sociable parts united in one body.
2. Ready or disposed to unite in a general interest. To make man mild, and sociable to man.
3. Ready and inclined to join in company or society; or frequently meeting for conversation; as sociable neighbors.
4. Inclined to converse when in company; disposed to freedom in conversation; opposed to reserved and taciturn.
5. Free in conversation; conversing much or familiarly. The guests were very sociable.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; "a sociable occasion"; "enjoyed a sociable chat"; "a sociable conversation"; "Americans are sociable and gregarious" [ant: unsociable]
2: friendly and pleasant; "a sociable gathering" n
1: a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity [syn: sociable, social, mixer]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin sociabilis, from sociare to join, associate, from socius Date: 1511 1. inclined by nature to companionship with others of the same species ; social 2. a. inclined to seek or enjoy companionship b. marked by or conducive to friendliness or pleasant social relations Synonyms: see gracious • sociableness noun • sociably adverb II. noun Date: 1750 an informal social gathering frequently involving a special activity or interest

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 fitted for or liking the society of other people; ready and willing to talk and act with others. 2 (of a person's manner or behaviour etc.) friendly. 3 (of a meeting etc.) marked by friendliness, not stiff or formal. --n. 1 an open carriage with facing side seats. 2 an S-shaped couch for two occupants partly facing each other. 3 US a social. Derivatives: sociability n. sociableness n. sociably adv. Etymology: F sociable or L sociabilis f. sociare to unite f. socius companion

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sociable So"cia*ble, n. 1. A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable. [Colloq. U. S.] 2. A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver. --Miss Edgeworth.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Sociable people are friendly and enjoy talking to other people. She was, and remained, extremely sociable, enjoying dancing, golf, tennis, skating and bicycling... ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Companionable, social, friendly, familiar, neighborly, conversable, communicative, accessible, affable, genial.

Moby Thesaurus

Bohemian, accessible, affable, agreeable, all jaw, amiable, amicable, approachable, associational, brotherly, candid, casual, chatty, chummy, civil, close, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, coalitional, communal, communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible, congenial, conversable, conversational, convivial, cordial, cosy, courteous, degage, demonstrative, easy, easygoing, effusive, expansive, extroverted, familiar, favorable, fit for society, flip, fluent, folksy, fond of society, frank, fraternal, free, free and easy, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, friendlike, friendly, gabby, garrulous, gassy, genial, glib, good-natured, gossipy, gracious, gregarious, gushy, hail-fellow-well-met, harmonious, haymish, homely, homey, hospitable, informal, intimate, irregular, kind, long-winded, loose, loquacious, multiloquent, multiloquious, natural, neighborlike, neighborly, newsy, offhand, offhanded, open, organizational, outgoing, outspoken, overtalkative, peaceable, plain, pleasant, prolix, relaxed, self-revealing, self-revelatory, simpatico, simple, sisterly, smooth, social, social-minded, society, sympathique, talkative, talky, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, unhampered, unhostile, unofficial, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unsecretive, unshrinking, unsilent, unsocial, unstudied, unsuppressed, urbane, verbose, voluble, warm, well-affected, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant, windy