| a. | 1. | Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality. |
| 2. | Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; |
| Adj. | 1. | hospitable - favorable to life and growth; "soil sufficiently hospitable for forest growth"; "a hospitable environment" Antonyms: inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" |
| 2. | hospitable - disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations" Antonyms: inhospitable - not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable" | |
| 3. | hospitable - (`hospitable' is usually followed by `to') having an open mind; "hospitable to new ideas"; "open to suggestions" Synonyms: open to |