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# likeable

«likeable» in Mova's school dictionary: **easy to like; pleasant and friendly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (likeable, more likeable, most likeable)

### meaning for a pupil

Likeable means easy to like; pleasant and friendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used about people and characters in stories: a likeable hero, a likeable new pupil. In writing, authors make a character likeable so readers care about them.

### examples

- Our new neighbour is very likeable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeable/#x1)
- The hero of the book is brave and likeable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeable/#x2)
- Ben is likeable because he is always kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeable/#x3)
- Even the villain is a bit likeable in this film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeable/#x4)
- She has a likeable smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeable/#x5)
- He tried hard to be likeable at his new school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeable/#x6)

### note

Spelled «likeable» (UK, common everywhere) or «likable» (US); both are correct. Opposite: unlikeable, unpleasant.

### In the corpora

- [Maybe I'm just not likeable any more."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/23-when-nobody-sits-with-you-making-friends-again/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «likeable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likeable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.