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, 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

   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. Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman:

   There was a time 70 years ago, 80 years ago, when you didn't invite Christians to your Seder. There wasn't that openness in America, but people want to know and want to learn now. It's a way to understand the Jewishness of Jesus.

2. Joseph Addison:

   I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   A great leader never fears criticism and welcomes them with openness and love as if they are the beauty of the journey.

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. Mickey Mehta:

   To try to win always is foolishness, and to try and win at any cost is foolhardiness. Venture out with openness to lose too. Losing in awareness often gives you learning and wisdom. Grow taller in your loss, bounce back and rise; simply MickeyMize.