What are the opposite words for openness?
Openness is a term that describes an individual or organization's willingness to share information, ideas, or experiences. The antonyms for openness include secrecy, concealment, reticence, and closed-mindedness. Secrecy involves intentionally keeping information hidden, whereas openness involves sharing it readily. Concealment involves hiding something, and reticence involves withholding information or expressing oneself in a reserved manner. Closed-mindedness means that an individual or organization is resistant to new ideas and experiences. These antonyms illustrate the importance of openness in building trust, promoting growth, and fostering positive relationships. Without openness, misunderstanding and mistrust can quickly arise, making it difficult to establish meaningful connections.
- attribute
- nearness
- equivocation
- crookedness
- concealment
-
cunning
- art,
- artfulness,
- wile.
- stratagem
-
decoy
- drawing card,
- nark,
- blow off,
- shills,
- narks,
- blow offs,
- comeon,
- de coy,
- de coys,
- de-coy,
- de-coys,
- drawing cards,
- seducements.
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untruth
- lie.
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deception
- beguilement,
- boondoggle,
- cozenage,
- deceptiveness,
- dupery,
- duplicity,
- hokum,
- Defraudation,
- disinformation,
- boondoggles,
- coverup,
- mares-nest,
- beguilements,
- cozenages,
- deceptivenesses,
- defraudations,
- dis information,
- dis informations,
- dis-information,
- dis-informations,
- disinformations,
- duperies,
- hokums,
- lyings,
- mare nest,
- mare's-nest,
- mare'snest,
- mare'snests,
- mares nest,
- mares-nests,
- maresnests,
- un truth,
- un truths,
- un-truth,
- un-truths.
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dishonesty
- criminality,
- Hanky Panky,
- indirection,
- infamy,
- infidelity,
- insidiousness,
- unscrupulousness,
- criminalities,
- dis honesties,
- dis honesty,
- dis-honesties,
- dis-honesty,
- hankypanky,
- in fidelities,
- in fidelity,
- in-fidelities,
- in-fidelity,
- insidiousnesses,
- un scrupulousness,
- un scrupulousnesses,
- un-scrupulousness,
- un-scrupulousnesses,
- unscrupulousnesses.
- density
- color
- secrecy
- wrinkle
- falsehood
- bluff
- charlatanism
- counterfeit
- distortion
- fraud
- hocus-pocus
- lying
- maneuver
- perjury
- pretense
- quibble
- scam
- sleight of hand
- take-in
- trap
- wile
- art
- betrayal
- cant
- cheat
- chicanery
- closeness
- corruption
- craft
- craftiness
-
deceit
- ambidextrousness,
- dissimulation,
- fraudulence,
- hypocrisy,
- trick,
- fraudulences,
- ambidextrousnesses,
- defraudings,
- dirty dealing,
- dirty dealings,
- dis semblance,
- dis semblances,
- dis simulation,
- dis simulations,
- dis-semblance,
- dis-semblances,
- dis-simulation,
- dis-simulations,
- dissimulations,
- double-dealing,
- entrappings,
- mis representation,
- mis representations,
- mis-representation,
- over reaching,
- over-reaching,
- overreachings,
- smoke mirrors,
- two facedness.
- deceitfulness
- device
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- evasion
-
exposure
- aid,
- asset,
- help,
- irresponsibility.
-
fallacy
- inexactness,
- invalidity,
- misconstrual,
- non sequitur,
- speciousness,
- spuriousness,
- faultinesses,
- in consistencies,
- in consistency,
- in exactness,
- in exactnesses,
- in validity,
- in-consistencies,
- in-consistency,
- in-exactness,
- in-exactnesses,
- in-validities,
- inexactnesses,
- invalidities,
- mis apprehensions,
- mis calculation,
- mis interpretation,
- mis take,
- mis takes,
- mis-apprehension,
- mis-apprehensions,
- mis-calculation,
- mis-calculations,
- mis-interpretation,
- mis-interpretations,
- mis-take,
- mis-takes,
- misconstruals,
- non sequiturs,
- pre conception,
- pre conceptions,
- pre-conception,
- quibblings.
- falseness
- finesse
- guile
- hypocrisy
- insincerity
- lie
- masquerade
- mockery
-
reservation
- enclave,
- Retainment,
- withholdings,
- enclaves,
- setting aside,
- be speaking,
- be speakings,
- be-speaking,
- be-speakings,
- bespeakings,
- exclusive possession,
- exclusive possessions,
- grain of salt,
- grain salt,
- pre serve,
- pre serves,
- pre-serves,
- pro vision,
- pro visions,
- pro viso,
- pro-vision,
- pro-visions,
- pro-viso,
- pro-visos,
- re serve,
- re striction,
- re strictions,
- re-serve,
- re-serves,
- re-striction,
- re-strictions,
- retainments,
- with holding,
- with holdings,
- with-holdings.
- sham
- shift
- spoof
- swindle
-
treason
- revolutionaries,
- seditious act,
- breach faith,
- breach of faith,
- dis affection,
- dis affections,
- dis-affection,
- dis-affections,
- lese majeste,
- lese majestes,
- lese-majeste,
- lese-majestes,
- lesemajeste,
- lesemajestes,
- re volt,
- re volts,
- re-volt,
- re-volts,
- sub version,
- sub versions,
- sub-version,
- sub-versions.
- trick
- trickery
- hoax; clever act
- disloyalty
- exhibition of disloyalty
- boast; deceit
- artfulness
-
hypocritical statement
- cant.
- indirection
- deception, trickery
- deceptive appearance
- fake, forgery
- expertise, skill
- practice of misleading
- cheating
- misleading; being dishonest
- bait, trap
- bulk, mass
- ploy, scheme, maneuver
- artifice
- disingenuousness
- feint
- lying; unwillingness to tell the truth
- avoidance of an issue
- illusion, misconception
- know-how, maneuver
- strategy
- slyness, cleverness
- fraud, trick
- move, tactic
- openmindedness
- falsehood, affected show; cover
- condition, stipulation
-
trick, deception
- ruse.
- trick, stratagem
- trick, mockery
- plan of action
-
snare, trick
- trap.
- deception, joke
- artificiality
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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- Antonyms:
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