Dictionary

friendable en · ADJ

Etymology

From friend + -able.

Meanings

1. (informal) Capable or worthy of being someone’s friend.
   • “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.” 2017 October 10, Orson Scott Card, chapter 11, in Children of the Fleet (Fleet School; 1), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 155:
   • 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. 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, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 May 2025:
   • A second way we make ourselves more friendable is by developing our ability to listen. 1996, Melannie Svoboda, “Friendship”, in Traits of a Healthy Spirituality, Mystic, Conn.: Twenty-Third Publications, published 1997 (2nd printing), →ISBN, page 23:
   • 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. 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:
   • 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. 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:
2. (rare) Able to be added to a list of friends on a social networking site.
   • To some degree, of course, having one’s profile accessible to others is a core feature of social networks – after all, if one wasn’t visible, friendable, or contactable, there wouldn’t be much point in being on a social network in the first place. 2009 February, Jennifer Barrigar, “Accessibility of Information to Others”, in Social Network Site Privacy: A Comparative Analysis of Six Sites, Ottawa, Ont.: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, →ISBN, archived from the original on 02 May 2017, section D (Comparative Analysis), page 40, column 1:
   • The poststudio has become the non-site of production as circulation, with some sort of artist plugged into it. Via this connection, the figure of the artist herself dematerializes, becomes a profile—viral, bloggable, friendable, and defriendable—her most abstract work being herself, or her own connectivity. 2012 September, John Kelsey, “Next-Level Spleen”, in Artforum, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 413, column 3:
   • [M]y friend count is already at the limit of 5,000, making it impossible for anyone to friend me. I even thought about unfriending some people just so that she would be able to friend me the next time she tried, but – because others could quickly take whatever “friend spots” I freed up – I’d have to let her know that I’m friendable now. 2015 October 16, Jonah Pierce, “Julien”, in Anissa of Syria: A Christian Refugee’s Saga from the Syrian War to the American Dream (The Love of Antioch; 1), [CreateSpace], →ISBN, page 164:
   • In facebook's^([sic]) 'privacy settings and tools' there are several different settings you can limit so you don't get messages, won't show up in search engines, aren't contactable or friendable unless the person has your phone number etc. 2022 September 6, u/namean_jellybean, “How do I get rid of a potential stalker? Can I block their IP address somehow?”, in r/RBI (Reddit post), archived from the original on 19 Apr 2026:

Forms

Deriveds

unfriendable

Relateds

girlfriendable · boyfriendable