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Synonyms for lovable

  • adjective

Most common

sweet lovely adorable endearing dear cuddly amiable winsome

All synonyms

Adjective

sweet, lovely, endearing, likable US, likeable UK, adorable, cuddly, amiable, winsome, dear, angelic, winning, seraphic, cuddlesome

Antonyms

unlovable, hateful, odious

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Inspiring or deserving love or affection; adorable or cute.

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Other spellings
loveable

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Lovable, Sweet, Amiable, Loving or Lovely?

A sweet disposition is very sure to be amiable, the loving heart bringing out all that is lovable and lovely in character.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • sweet Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
  • lovely They bought a site with lovely views of the ocean.
  • adorable "You have beautiful hands." "And you're adorable."
  • endearing Giraffes have an endearing way to show mutual affection.
  • dear My mother has sold everything that is dear to her.
  • cuddly I'm not a real fish, I'm just a simple cuddly toy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
lovablesteady
sweetrising
lovelyrising
adorablerising
endearingrising
dearrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dear1
5 letters
sweet1
6 letters
lovely2, cuddly2
7 letters
winning2, angelic3, likable3, amiable4, winsome2
8 letters
adorable4, likeable3, seraphic
9 letters
endearing3
10 letters
cuddlesome

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lovely2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
aimable
Italiano
amabile
Español
amable