different between benevolent vs sociable

English

Etymology

From Old French benevolent, borrowed from Latin benevol?ns ("well wishing"). Displaced native Old English welwillende.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??n?v?l?nt/

Adjective

benevolent (comparative more benevolent, superlative most benevolent)

1. Having a disposition to do good.

   Chinese and Eastern mythologies describe dragons as benevolent.

2. Possessing or manifesting love for mankind.
3. Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair.

Antonyms

• malevolent

Derived terms

• benevolently
• benevolentness

Related terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociabilis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?so???b?l/

Adjective

sociable (comparative more sociable, superlative most sociable)

1. (of a person) Tending to socialize or be social

   Synonyms: friendly, inviting, congenial

   • c. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline

     Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

2. Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.

3. (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     They are sociable parts united into one body.

4. (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.

   • Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?

Antonyms

• (tending to socialize): unsociable

Derived terms

• sociability
• sociableness

Translations

Noun

sociable (plural sociables)

1. A sociable person.
2. (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
3. A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
4. A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
5. (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
   • 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son (page 46)

     At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.

Asturian

Adjective

sociable (epicene, plural sociables)

1. sociable

Catalan

Adjective

sociable (masculine and feminine plural sociables)

1. sociable

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

sociable (plural sociables)

1. sociable

Galician

Alternative forms

• sociábel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.??ja.ble/, [s??.??ja.?le?]

Adjective

sociable m or f (plural sociables)

1. sociable

Antonyms

• insociable

Spanish

Adjective

sociable (plural sociables)

1. sociable