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Spell Bee Word: Affable


What does affable mean?

Word: Affable

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Affable means friendly, pleasant and easy to talk to.

Synonyms: friendly, genial, amiable

Antonyms: unfriendly, rude

How do you spell affable?

Syllables: af - fa - ble

Tricky part: It starts with a double f: afable is the usual slip.

Watch out for: afable, afably

Memory tip: Two f's for two friends: an affable person makes friends easily.

Affable in a sentence

Example 1: The affable bus driver knows the name of every child on his route.

Example 2: Grandpa is so affable that strangers often tell him their life stories.

Example 3: The new librarian was affable and helped us find books on space.

Fun Fact

Affable comes from a Latin word meaning easy to speak to, which is still the best way to describe an affable person.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

affable

a) surly
b) gracious
c) sociable
d) cordial

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a) surly. A surly person is bad-tempered and unfriendly, the reverse of affable.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

aff_bl_

a) e, e
b) a, i
c) a, e
d) i, e

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c) a, e. Affable ends in able, the same ending as capable.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) affable
b) courtious
c) pleasent
d) generus

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a) affable. Pleasant has an a before the nt, courteous has an e before the ous, and generous has an o.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

baleffa

a) waffle
b) baffled
c) affable
d) buffalo

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c) affable. The jumble has no w and no u, so waffle and buffalo are out, and baffled would need a d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An affable host is most likely to make guests feel ____.

a) bored and sleepy
b) nervous and unwanted
c) rushed and tired
d) welcome and at ease

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d) welcome and at ease

2. Which behaviour is most affable?

a) chatting kindly with a new pupil
b) slamming the classroom door
c) ignoring a friend's question
d) grumbling about the weather

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a) chatting kindly with a new pupil

Associated Words

Words that end in -able: portable, acceptable, miserable, disposable, remarkable, tolerable

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: genial

More words from this list

boisterous, concept, devalue, fade, immune, modernity, provoke, statistics

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