Openness Synonyms and Antonyms

The condition of being laid open to something undesirable or injurious
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. exposure
  2. liability
  3. susceptibility
  4. susceptibleness
  5. vulnerability
  6. vulnerableness
Ready acceptance of often new suggestions, ideas, influences, or opinions
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. receptiveness
  2. receptivity
  3. open-mindedness
  4. responsiveness
  5. persuadableness
  6. persuasibility
Characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. nakedness
Antonyms:
  1. closeness

Words Related to Openness

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Openness Sentence Examples

  • His perfect openness, the notoriety of his bankruptcies and of the seizure of his books and furniture in execution, kept him before the world as a model of dissipation.

  • Her warmth and openness disarmed him enough to take the edge off his anger.

  • Martha turned the openness up a notch.

  • Someone who carries himself or herself with an air of confidence, openness and an interest in others will get noticed.

  • The same conspicuous openness of mind appears in his judgment, delivered after he had held the regius professorship of Modern History at Oxford from 1858 to 1866, that "ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense."

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