[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hospitable \hos"pitable\, 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
see also:
host 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hospitable
     adj 1: favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable
            for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment" ant: inhospitable
     2: disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and
        generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a
        hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations" ant: inhospitable
     3: `hospitable' is usually followed by `to' having an open
        mind; "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions"
        syn: open top
see also:
inhospitable open top 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

92 moby thesaurus words for "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

Hospitable >> H Words
Hospitable, definition of term: Hospitable
hospitable_pag1.html