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Sociable vs Insociable - What's the difference?

sociable | insociable |

Insociable is a antonym of sociable.



In obsolete terms the difference between sociable and insociable

is that sociable is no longer hostile; friendly while insociable is incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.

As adjectives the difference between sociable and insociable

is that sociable is tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial while insociable is not sociable or companionable.

sociable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
    • He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Society is no comfort to one not sociable .
  • Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.
    • a sociable party
  • (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
  • * Hooker
    • They are sociable parts united into one body.
  • (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Antonyms

    * unsociable ----

    insociable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not sociable or companionable.
    • This austere insociable life. — Shakespeare.
  • (obsolete) Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected.
    • Lime and wood are insociable . — Sir H. Wotton.
    (Webster 1913) ----