The meaning of GENIAL is marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness.

Add to word list friendly and pleasant: a genial personality (Definition of genial from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

GENIAL definition: warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial. See examples of genial used in a sentence.

Someone who is genial is kind and friendly. He was always genial and welcoming.

Dec 24, 2025 · genial (comparative more genial, superlative most genial) Friendly and cheerful; enlivening. quotations

Definition of genial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition. 2. pleasantly warm; comfortably mild: a genial climate. 3. characterized by genius.

There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective genial, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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Some common synonyms of genial are affable, cordial, gracious, and sociable. While all these words mean "markedly pleasant and easy in social intercourse," genial stresses cheerfulness …