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APPROACHABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does approachable mean?
• APPROACHABLE (adjective)
The adjective APPROACHABLE has 3 senses:
1. capable of being read with comprehension
2. easy to meet or converse or do business with
3. easily approached
Familiarity information: APPROACHABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being read with comprehension
Synonyms:
accessible; approachable
Context example:
the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels
Similar:
comprehendible; comprehensible (capable of being comprehended or understood)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Easy to meet or converse or do business with
Context example:
a friendly approachable person
Similar:
accessible (easy to get along with or talk to; friendly)
Antonym:
unapproachable (discouraging intimacies; reserved)
Derivation:
approach (make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion)
approachability (the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Easily approached
Synonyms:
approachable; reachable
Context example:
a site approachable from a branch of the Niger
Similar:
accessible (capable of being reached)
Derivation:
approach (move towards)
Context examples
He was more human and approachable, but, he was no longer mystery.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable; and I should recommend Miss Elliot to be on her guard with respect to her flower garden.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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