LOVABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lovable mean? 

• LOVABLE (adjective)
  The adjective LOVABLE has 1 sense:

1. having characteristics that attract love or affection

  Familiarity information: LOVABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOVABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having characteristics that attract love or affection

Synonyms:

lovable; loveable

Context example:

a mischievous but lovable child

Similar:

adorable; endearing; lovely (lovable especially in a childlike or naive way)

angelic; angelical; cherubic; seraphic; sweet (having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub)

cuddlesome; cuddly (inviting cuddling or hugging)

Also:

desirable (worth having or seeking or achieving)

amicable (characterized by friendship and good will)

loving (feeling or showing love and affection)

Antonym:

hateful (evoking or deserving hatred)

Derivation:

love (have a great affection or liking for)

love (be enamored or in love with)

 Context examples 

They were hard and uncouth, some of them, I doubt not; and yet, seen through the golden haze of time, they all seem sweet and lovable.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As a Taurus, you tend to like to keep things “as is,” and your loyalty and steadfastness are among your most lovable qualities.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

She was all lovable, and what she thought had nothing to do with her lovableness.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She didn't care to be a queen of society now half so much as she did to be a lovable woman.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

If it just happened that she did not fully appreciate his necessity for a career, that did not make her a bit less lovable.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This sweet attitude makes you so lovable.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I am glad of this, for though I should be very proud of a graceful statue made by her, I shall be infinitely prouder of a lovable daughter with a talent for making life beautiful to herself and others.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)