genial
Meaning of genial
- 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
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of genial is: genials.
- Languages in which genial is used:
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CatalanHyphenation 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:
Meaning mental:
Meaning kind:
Meaning kind and pleasant:
Meaning (of a person) pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one's own:
Meaning having or showing enthusiasm, affection, or kindness:
Meaning friendly and easy to talk to:
Meaning (of a person) attracting the liking of others:
Meaning noticeably happy and optimistic:
Meaning happy and optimistic:
Meaning friendly and welcoming to visitors or guests:
Meaning friendly and sociable:
Meaning an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something:
Meaning willing to talk and engage in activities with other people; friendly:
Meaning (of a person) cheerful and friendly; jovial:
Meaning friendly and socially confident:
Meaning relating to, denoting, or typical of an extrovert:
Meaning outgoing and socially confident:
Meaning (of a person) fond of company; sociable:
Meaning on friendly terms; friendly:
Meaning having a close, friendly relationship:
Meaning familiar and friendly; sociable:
Meaning friendly and sociable with fellow members of a group but not with outsiders:
Meaning arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances:
genial antonyms
Meaning not friendly:
Meaning sullen and ill-tempered:
Translation of genial
Anagrams of genial
algine, Angeli, Ealing, Galien, linage
Words that rhyme with genial
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