BONHOMIE

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Meaning:

A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("bonhomie" is a kind of...):

friendliness (a friendly disposition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bonhomie"):

condescendingness; condescension (affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank)

mellowness (geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana)

sweetness and light (a mild reasonableness)