genial

Meaning of genial

adjective
  1. friendly and cheerful.
    our genial host

mid 16th century: from Latin genialis ‘nuptial, productive’, from genius (see genius). The Latin sense was adopted into English; hence the senses ‘mild and conducive to growth’ (mid 17th century), later ‘cheerful, kindly’ (mid 18th century).

adjective

relating to the chin.

mid 19th century: from Greek geneion ‘chin’ (from genus ‘jaw’) + -al.

Information about genial

Hyphenation of genial

ge-nial

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • genial is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

genial synonyms

Meaning affable:

affable, amiable, cordial

Meaning mental:

mental, feature

Meaning kind:

kind

Meaning kind and pleasant:

friendly

Meaning (of a person) pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one's own:

congenial

Meaning having or showing enthusiasm, affection, or kindness:

warm

Meaning friendly and easy to talk to:

approachable

Meaning (of a person) attracting the liking of others:

sympathetic

Meaning noticeably happy and optimistic:

cheerful

Meaning happy and optimistic:

cheery

Meaning friendly and welcoming to visitors or guests:

hospitable

Meaning friendly and sociable:

companionable

Meaning an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something:

bluff

Meaning willing to talk and engage in activities with other people; friendly:

sociable

Meaning (of a person) cheerful and friendly; jovial:

convivial

Meaning friendly and socially confident:

outgoing

Meaning relating to, denoting, or typical of an extrovert:

extrovert

Meaning outgoing and socially confident:

extroverted

Meaning (of a person) fond of company; sociable:

gregarious

Meaning on friendly terms; friendly:

chummy

Meaning having a close, friendly relationship:

pally

Meaning familiar and friendly; sociable:

matey

Meaning friendly and sociable with fellow members of a group but not with outsiders:

clubby

Meaning arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances:

regular

genial antonyms

Meaning not friendly:

unfriendly

Meaning sullen and ill-tempered:

morose

Translation of genial

Anagrams of genial

algine, Angeli, Ealing, Galien, linage

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