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

sociable \so"ciable\, a.f., fr. l. sociabilis, fr. sociare to
   associate, fr. socius a companion. see social.
   1. capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or
      company; associable. r.
      1913 webster

            they are sociable parts united into one body.
                                                  --hooker.
      1913 webster

   2. inclined to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite with
      others; fond of companions; social.
      1913 webster

            society is no comfort to one not sociable. --shak.
      1913 webster

            what can be more uneasy to this sociable creature
            than the dry, pensive retirements of solitude?
                                                  --south.
      1913 webster

   3. ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not
      taciturn or reserved.
      1913 webster

   4. affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by
      much conversation; as, a sociable party.
      1913 webster

   5. no longer hostile; friendly. obs. --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   sociable bird, or sociable weaver zool., a weaver bird
      which builds composite nests. see republican, n., 3.
      b .
          1913 webster

   syn: social; companionable; conversible; friendly; familiar;
        communicative; accessible.
        1913 webster
see also:
social sociable bird sociable weaver republican 

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

sociable \so"ciable\, n.
   1. a gathering of people for social purposes; an informal
      party or reception; as, a church sociable. colloq. u. s.
      1913 webster

   2. a carriage having two double seats facing each other, and
      a box for the driver. --miss edgeworth.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sociable
     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 : a party of people assembled to promote sociability and
         communal activity syn: social, mixer
see also:
unsociable social mixer 

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

137 moby thesaurus words for "sociable":
   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

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