convivial
kun-VIV-ee-uladjMeaning lively and friendly, enjoying feasts and good company
Memory hook CON-VIV: LIVELY TOGETHER. At the block party there’s food on every table, music in the air and laughter all around, with everyone living it up together. The party is convivial.
The convivial picnic went on long after the sun went down.
In context The dinner was convivial rather than formal: neighbors passed dishes, swapped stories and laughed until the candles burned low.
Similar sociable, festive, lively, friendly
Opposite unsociable, gloomy, solemn
From Latin convivium, “a feast,” from con (together) + vivere (to live).