hospitable

/'hɔspitəbl/

Thân thiện

The host was a hospitable man who welcomed everyone warmly.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Friendly and welcoming to guests or strangers: Characterized by a generous, warm, and open reception of visitors.
   • Favorable to life, growth, or development: Providing a supportive or amenable environment.
   • Receptive to new ideas or suggestions: Having an open and accepting mind.

Examples of Usage

• Describing a person or behavior:
  • The villagers were incredibly hospitable, offering us food and shelter.
  • She has a hospitable nature and always makes everyone feel at home.
• Describing an environment:
  • The warm climate is hospitable to many tropical plants.
  • The company aims to create a hospitable workplace for all employees.
• Describing a mindset:
  • We need to be hospitable to innovative solutions.
  • He maintained a hospitable attitude toward the proposed changes.

Advanced Usage

• "hospitable to/toward": Used to indicate what or whom is being received favorably.
  • The region is not hospitable to large-scale agriculture.
  • The committee was surprisingly hospitable toward the controversial proposal.

Variants and Related Words

• Hospitably (adverb): In a hospitable manner.
  • They were hospitably received by their hosts.
• Hospitality (noun): The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.
  • The hotel is famous for its outstanding hospitality.
• Inhospitable (adjective): The opposite; not hospitable.
  • The desert is an inhospitable environment for most mammals.

Synonyms

• Welcoming: Giving a friendly or cordial greeting.
• Cordial: Warm and friendly.
• Receptive: Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.
• Amenable: Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.

Antonyms

• Inhospitable: Unfriendly and unwelcoming to guests or strangers; providing an unfavorable environment.
• Unwelcoming: Not giving a feeling of welcome.
• Unreceptive: Not willing to consider new ideas or suggestions.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having an open mind
   • hospitable to new ideas
   • open to suggestions
2. disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity
   • a good-natured and hospitable man
   • a hospitable act
   • hospitable invitations
3. favorable to life and growth
   • soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth
   • a hospitable environment