approachable

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UK/əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/UK[əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bl̩]Canada, US/əˈpɹoʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/Canada, US[əˈpɹoʊ.t͡ʃə.bl̩]

adjective

Easily approached; easy to talk to.

“Her boss was very approachable.”

Less commonScrabble 23

Meanings

adjectiveapproachable (comparative more approachable, superlative most approachable)

comparative more approachable · superlative most approachable

  1. Easily approached; easy to talk to.

    Her boss was very approachable.

    1 more example

    Whistle's creation stems from an internal colleague competition run by Northern to design a recognisable and approachable character to act as a mascot.

    2022 November 30, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 971, page 87

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of being read with comprehension

adjectiveeasy to meet or converse or do business with

Similar

adjectiveeasily approached

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian достъ́пен, достижи́м
  • достъ́пен (dostắpen)easy to talk to
  • достижи́м (dostižím)easy to talk to
Chinese Mandarin 容易接近的
  • 容易接近的 (róngyì jiējìn de)easy to talk to
Czech přístupný
  • přístupnýeasy to talk to
Dutch benaderbaar
  • benaderbaareasy to talk to
Finnish helposti lähestyttävä
  • helposti lähestyttäväeasy to talk to
French approchable, abordable
  • approchableeasy to talk to
  • abordableeasy to talk to
German zugänglich
  • zugänglicheasy to talk to
Greek προσιτός
  • προσιτός (prositós)easy to talk to
Hungarian megközelíthető
  • megközelíthetőeasy to talk to
Latin intrābilis
  • intrābiliseasy to talk to
Polish przystępny
  • przystępnyeasy to talk to
Portuguese afável, abordável
  • afáveleasy to talk to
  • abordáveleasy to talk to
  • acessíveleasy to talk to
Romanian accesibil, abordabil
  • accesibileasy to talk to
  • abordabileasy to talk to
Russian досту́пный, достижи́мый
  • досту́пный (dostúpnyj)easy to talk to
  • достижи́мый (dostižímyj)easy to talk to
  • охо́тно иду́щий навстре́чу (oxótno idúščij navstréču)easy to talk to
Slovak prístupný
  • prístupnýeasy to talk to
Spanish abordable, orillable
  • abordableeasy to talk to
  • orillableeasy to talk to
  • fácil de abordar / orillareasy to talk to
  • fácil hablar coneasy to talk to
Swedish lättillgänglig
  • lättillgängligeasy to talk to
Cite this entry
APA

approachable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/approachable

MLA

“approachable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/approachable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “approachable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/approachable.

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