Cordial

Adjective

 * 1) Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
 * 2) * 1885, George Washington Schuyler, Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family, C. Scribner's Sons,
 * The relations between the Earl of Bellomont and Colonel Schuyler were formal, but not cordial from the first.
 * 1) Said of someone radiating warmth and friendliness; genial.
 * 2) * 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone, Chapter 66,
 * The sight of London warmed my heart with various emotions, such as a cordial man must draw from the heart of all humanity.
 * 1)  Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.

Noun

 * 1)  A concentrated noncarbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.
 * 2) A pleasant-tasting medicine.
 * 3) A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.
 * 4) * 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, L. C. Page & Co.
 * [Marilla] had put the bottle of raspberry cordial down in the cellar instead of in the closet [...].
 * 1) A candy (or bonbon) usually made of milk chocolate, filled with small fruits (often maraschino cherries) and syrup or fondant.

Adjectives for Cordial
best; exhilarating; warming; stimulating; animating; revivifying.

Adverbs for Cordial
eagerly; spontaneously; graciously; sincerely; warmly; heartily; genially; politely; courteously; unwontedly; ostentatiously; obviously; unusually; pleasantly; agreeably; indulgently; civilly; affectionately; devotedly; intimately; quietly; sympathetically; freely; openly; amicably; frankly; gallantly.

Synonyms for Cordial

 * heartfelt
 * affable, amiable
 * cheering, invigorating
 * hearty, sincere, amicable, kindly, earnest, pleasant, warm, genial, friendly, gracious.

Antonyms for Cordial
cool, unfriendly, indifferent, hostile, inhospitable

Related terms

 * cordiality
 * cordially

Thesaurus
Benedictine, Bohemian, Chartreuse, Danziger Goldwasser, Drambuie, Galliano, Irish Mist, Strega, Triple Sec, ablaze, affable, afire, agreeable, amiable, amicable, analeptic, ardent, blissful, boiling over, bonhomous, bracer, bracing, breathless, brisk, burning, casual, cheerful, cheering, compatible, complaisant, congenial, courteous, crisp, crispy, degage, delirious, desirable, drunk, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, easygoing, en rapport, energizing, enjoyable, enlivenment, enthusiastic, excited, exhilarating, exhilaration, exuberant, fair, fair and pleasant, familiar, febrile, felicific, felicitous, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fiery, fine, flaming, flushed, folksy, framboise, free and easy, fresh, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, glowing, good, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, gracious, grateful, gratifying, green Chartreuse, harmonious, haymish, heart-warming, heartfelt, hearty, heated, homely, homey, honeyed, hospitable, hot, impassioned, informal, intense, intoxicated, invigorating, invigoration, irregular, keen, kindly, liberal, likable, liqueurs, lively, loose, maraschino, mellifluous, mellow, mild, natural, neighborly, nice, offhand, offhanded, on fire, open, openhearted, parfait amour, passionate, pear brandy, pick-me-up, plain, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polite, pousse-cafe, rainbow cordial, reanimation, receptive, recreation, red-hot, refection, refreshful, refreshing, refreshment, regale, regalement, regaling, reinvigoration, relaxed, renewal, responsive, restorative, revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, rewarding, roborant, rousing, satisfying, simple, sincere, sloe gin, sociable, steaming, steamy, stimulating, stimulation, sweet, sweet-tempered, sympathetic, tender, tonic, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, unofficial, unrestrained, unstudied, vigorous, vitamin shot, vivification, warm, warmhearted, welcome, welcoming, well-natured, wholehearted, zealous, zestful, zesty

Etymology
From cordial#Adjective_2:, from  cordialis:, from cor:.

Hypernyms

 * liqueur

Adjective

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Adjective

 * 1) Coming from the heart; sincere.
 * 2)  Stimulating the heart; tonic.

Derived terms

 * cordialement

Noun

 * 1) Cordial.
 * 2)  A stimulant.

Adjective

 * 1) sincere
 * 2) cordial

Adjective

 * 1) cordial

Derived terms

 * cordialmente