Synonyms for Openness
open·ness

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1. opennessnoun

   Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own.

   Synonyms:
   approachability, open-mindedness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. openness

   Synonyms:
   artlessness, candor, fairness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, innocence, simplicity, sincerity, truth

   Antonyms:
   art, artifice, blind, cheat, contrivance, craft, cunning, device, dodge, finesse, fraud, guile, imposture, invention, machination, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. opennessnoun

   without obstructions to passage or view

   "the openness of the prairies"

   Synonyms:
   nakedness, receptivity, receptiveness

   Antonyms:
   closeness, secretiveness

2. openness, nakednessnoun

   characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive

   Synonyms:
   bareness, nudeness, bleakness, openness, nakedness, desolation, nudity, receptiveness, receptivity

   Antonyms:
   secretiveness, closeness

3. receptiveness, receptivity, opennessnoun

   willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

   "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the proposal"

   Synonyms:
   nakedness, receptivity, receptiveness, openness

   Antonyms:
   secretiveness, closeness

Matched Categories

1. • Sociability
   • Spacing
   • Willingness

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "openness":

   opening, transparency, opening-up, frankness, open-mindedness, open, commencement, aperture, initiation, candour, receptiveness, honesty, unlock, candor, sincerity

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1. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   We'll hear the American proposition, hear it fairly and with openness. And I can not understand how the Palestinians, before they even heard the plan, reject it outright, under any peace agreement our position will be that Israel's presence should continue here, for Israel's security and for the security of all.

2. Dara Khosrowshahi:

   For the Iranian people not to have the chance to experience what America has to offer, the spirit and the openness, would be a real shame, there is a chance to open the dialogue between the people of Iran and the West, and it's a point in time that's unique.

3. Giri Cherukuri:

   They( investors) liked the focus on expense control and openness towards possible dividends and share buybacks.

4. Touch Our:

   The open hand is the opposite of a fist, a fist is violent; it means war, while a hand is open and reflects an openness to friendship and communication. We call it Touch Our Future because when you impact the life of an infant, you are actually touching a future that we won’t see. You are really having an impact on their (the infants’) future.

5. Mark Zuckerberg:

   Something interesting is happening with Facebook Live that's bringing more openness to the political process, it's a way to share anything you want with the world using just your phone.