Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: CONVERSABLE |
CONVERSABLEAdjective1. Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse. |
Date "CONVERSABLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references) |
Etymology: Conversable \Con*vers"a*ble\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression conversable.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conversation | Adjective: conversing; Verb: interlocutory; conversational, conversable; discursive, discoursive; chatty; (sociable); colloquial. |
Sociality | Adjective: sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable, cosy, cosey, chatty, conversational; homiletical. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CONVERSABLE |
| English words defined with "CONVERSABLE": Conversableness, Conversably ♦ Discoursive. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "CONVERSABLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që mund të bisedohet, komunikues (communicative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | общителен (chummy, clubbable, communicable, communicative, convivial, folksy, genial, gregarious, knowable, maty, mellow, neighborly, neighbourly, sociable, unbuttoned), интересен като събеседник. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hovorný (chatty, communicative, garrulous, talkative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kellemes társalgó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ramah-tamah (affable, amile, convivial, effusive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | socievole (chummily, companionable, genial, gregarious, sociable, sociably, social), di piacevole conversazione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | coloayrtagh (conversationalist, interlocutor, interlocutory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onversablecay conversável, sociável (chummy, clubbable, companionable, livable, liveable, manageable, neighborly, neighbourly, sociable). (various references) comunicativ (catching, communicative, expansive, social, talkative, voluble), sociabil (clubby, communicative, companionable, convivial, gregarious, jovial, liveable, neighborly, neighbourly, sociable, social). (various references) общительный (associative, chummy, clubbable, communicable, communicative, companionable, gregarious, jovial, maty, pally, sociable). (various references) razgovoran (conversational), prijatan (agreeable, bonny, cosy, cozy, delectable, enjoyable, gratified, gratifying, jolly, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, savory, savoury, welcome), društven (amiable, friendly, gregarious, outgoing, sociable). (various references) comunicador (communicator). (various references) konversabel. (various references) cana yakın (amiable, approachable, congenial, forthcoming, friendly, genial, gracious, hail-fellow-well-met, lovable, personable, sympathetic, warmhearted, warm-hearted), sosyal (clubable, clubbable, clubby, sociable, social, socio-), hoşsohbet (good company, sociable, well spoken). (various references) компанійський (clubbable, gregarious, social), балакучий (babbling, chatty, conversational, flippant, garrulous, gossipy, leaky, loquacious, mouthy, narrative, newsy, talkative, voluble, well spoken, windy). (various references) nói chuyện dễ ưa, dễ l m quen, dễ gần (sociable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"CONVERSABLE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: convertable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CONVERSABLE" (pronounced 'Con*vers"a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-l-n-o-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: observance, overcleans. | |
-2 letters: coverable, overclean, overscale, revocable, vernacles. | |
-3 letters: absolver, cervelas, cleaners, cleanser, cleavers, conserve, converse, earlobes, enablers, enclaves, encloser, enslaver, ensorcel, escarole, evocable, novercal, obscener, overable, oversale, recleans, seaborne, servable, valences, verbenas, vernacle, vocables. | |
-4 letters: absence, absolve, acerose, aerobes, alcoves, arenose, areoles, baleens, beacons, beavers, boraces, boranes, boreens, bravoes, carbons, careens, carvels, caserne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-l-n-o-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: overbalances. | |
+3 letters: indiscoverable, undiscoverable. | |
+4 letters: irrevocableness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
