Sociable vs Festive - What's the difference?
sociable | festive | Related terms |
Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
* Shakespeare
Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.
(archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
* Hooker
(obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.
Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
In the mood to celebrate.
Sociable is a related term of festive.
As adjectives the difference between sociable and festive
is that sociable is tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial while festive is having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.sociable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He's normally pretty quiet, but he gets much more sociable around women.
- Society is no comfort to one not sociable .
- a sociable party
- They are sociable parts united into one body.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Antonyms
* unsociable ----festive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The room was decked out in festive streamers, with flowers everywhere.
- Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festive mood.