Hospitable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: hos=pi=ta=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

Hospitable, a. [Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See Host a landlord.].

•  Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Hospitable, adj. giving or disposed to give welcome and entertainment to strangers or guests.

Derivative

hospitably adv.

Etymology

F f. hospiter f. med.L hospitare entertain (as HOST(2))

THESAURUS

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, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

Hospitable

Liberality

N liberality, generosity, munificence, bounty, bounteousness, bountifulness, hospitality, charity, liberal, free, generous, charitable, hospitable, bountiful, bounteous, handsome, unsparing, ungrudging, unselfish, open handed, free handed, full handed, open hearted, large hearted, free hearted, munificent, princely, overpaid, handsome is that handsome does.

Sociality

N sociality, sociability, sociableness, social intercourse, consociation, intercourse, intercommunity, consortship, companionship, comradeship, clubbism, esprit de corps, conviviality, good fellowship, good company, joviality, jollity, savoir vivre, festivity, festive board, merrymaking, loving cup, hospitality, heartiness, cheer, welcome, welcomeness, greeting, hearty welcome, hearty reception, warm reception, urbanity, familiarity, good fellow, jolly fellow, bon enfant, bawcock, social circle, family circle, circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company, social gathering, social reunion, assembly, barbecue, bee, corn-husking, corn-shucking, house raising, barn raising, husking, husking-bee, infare, party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione, soiree, matin_ee, evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party, kettle, kettle drum, partie carr_ee, dish of tea, ridotto, rout, housewarming, ball, festival, smoker, smoker-party, sociable, stag party, hen party, tamasha, tea-party, tea-fight, (amusement), the feast of reason and the flow of soul, birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve party, Thanksgiving Day Dinner, bonenkai, wedding reception, visiting, round of visits, call, morning call, interview, assignation, tryst, trysting place, appointment, club, sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable, cosy, cosey, chatty, conversational, homiletical, convivial, festive, festal, jovial, jolly, hospitable, welcome, welcome as the roses in May, f=eted, entertained, free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms, acquainted, social, neighborly, international, gregarious, en famille, in the family circle, sans fa, arm in arm, a crowd is not company, be bright and jovial among your guests tonight, his worth is warrant for his welcome, let's be red with mirth, welcome the coming speed the parting guest.