friendable

From friend +‎ -able.^[1]

friendable (comparative more friendable, superlative most friendable)

1. (informal) Capable or worthy of being someone’s friend.
   • 1996, Melannie Svoboda, “Friendship”, in Traits of a Healthy Spirituality, Mystic, Conn.: Twenty-Third Publications, published 1997 (2nd printing), →ISBN, page 23:

     A second way we make ourselves more friendable is by developing our ability to listen.

   • 2013, Ransom Riggs, “Camp Dread or How to Survive a Shockingly Awful Summer”, in Rebecca Stern, Brad Wolfe, editors, Breakfast on Mars and 37 Other Delectable Essays, New York, N.Y.: Roaring Brook Press, →ISBN, page 12:

     So it turned out that I was totally friendable after all, and I’d been way overthinking the whole how-do-you-make-friends thing.

   • 2017 October 10, Orson Scott Card, chapter 11, in Children of the Fleet (Fleet School; 1), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 155:

     “Everybody talks about their families,” said Zhang. “With their friends.” And there it was, the real difference between them. Zhang He had friends. […] He started to open his mouth, possibly preparing to apologize for saying such an insensitive thing, but Dabeet waved off his remark. “Can’t be offensive if it’s true,” he said. “I’m not a friendable guy.”

   • 2024, Jodi Rodgers, “Dennis’s Nod”, in How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover: What Autism Can Teach Us About Difference, Connection and Belonging, London: Souvenir Press, →ISBN, part II (Sharing Our Point of View: Expressing and Understanding), page 145:

     In fact, Binh believed that anyone who liked to sunbathe was not “friendable.” According to Binh, if you liked to lie in the sun and get a tan, you were exposing yourself to skin cancer, and therefore you obviously didn’t care about living a long life. Binh didn’t want friends who were so flippant or had such short-term thinking.

   • 2025 May 4, Alexandra Jacobs, “They [Celia and Mamaine Paget] Were Identical ‘Twinnies’ Who Charmed [George] Orwell, [Albert] Camus and More”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 May 2025:

     They modeled, traveled, practiced nursing in the same ward during the Blitz (figuring they’d rather be killed together) and were, long before Facebook, highly “friendable,” as Celia put it.