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Sociable vs Clubby - What's the difference?

sociable | clubby |

As adjectives the difference between sociable and clubby

is that sociable is tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial while clubby is resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse: congenial and exclusive.

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 ----

    clubby

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse: congenial and exclusive.
  • (informal) Who enjoys frequenting nightclubs.

    • Usage notes

    In the sense of “resembling or suggestive of a social club”, the emphasis can be more on the congeniality (friendly, treating all guests as welcome insiders: compare family diner) or on the exclusivity; compare cliquey.