Definition for Openness:

• characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility esp about one's actions or purposes; not secretive

Synonyms for Openness:

• n.

  •
  • enterprising,
  • protection,
  • broad-minded,
  • open,
  • liberal,
  • tolerant,
  • have/keep an open mind,
  • susceptibility,
  • adaptable,
  • open-minded,
  • live and let live,
  • receptive.
  •
  • deserted,
  • dusty,
  • arid,
  • dry,
  • treeless,
  • lifeless,
  • wild,
  • parched,
  • accept,
  • sun-baked,
  • bare.
  •
  • nobility,
  • transparency.
  •artlessness (noun)
  • frankness,
  • candidness,
  • unartfulness,
  • naivete,
  • trust,
  • plain-spokenness,
  • artlessness,
  • unaffectedness,
  • un-artificiality,
  • broadness,
  • genuineness,
  • unsophistication,
  • naturalness.
  •attribute (noun)
  • nakedness,
  • openness.
  •candor (noun)
  • un equivocalnesses,
  • up-rightness,
  • guilelessnesses,
  • up-rightnesses,
  • unequivocalnesses,
  • forthrightnesses,
  • up rightnesses,
  • outspokennesses,
  • ingenuousnesses,
  • straightforwardnesses,
  • un equivocalness,
  • glasnosts,
  • up rightness,
  • un-equivocalness,
  • un-equivocalnesses,
  • directnesses.
  •clarity (noun)
  • overtnesses,
  • legibilities,
  • saliences,
  • un-ambiguity,
  • un ambiguity,
  • unambiguities,
  • comprehensibilities,
  • conspicuousnesses,
  • obviousnesses,
  • manifestnesses,
  • intelligibilities,
  • un-ambiguities,
  • decipherabilities,
  • unmistakabilities,
  • explicabilities,
  • explicitnesses,
  • un ambiguities,
  • penetrabilities,
  • cognizabilities.
  •convenience (noun)
  • pro motions,
  • opportunenesses,
  • re lief,
  • handinesses,
  • co operation,
  • re-lief,
  • serviceabilities,
  • pro-motion,
  • time savers,
  • co operations.
  •exposure (noun)
  • duty,
  • Arrearage,
  • blame,
  • Accountableness,
  • onus,
  • amenability,
  • subjection,
  • compulsion,
  • burden,
  • culpability,
  • debt,
  • amenableness,
  • owing,
  • indebtedness,
  • obligation,
  • accountability.
  •familiarity (noun)
  • in-formality,
  • un ceremoniousness,
  • un ceremoniousnesses,
  • in-formalities,
  • un-ceremoniousnesses,
  • in formalities,
  • in formality,
  • un-ceremoniousness.
  •freedom (noun)
  • laxity,
  • overfamiliarity,
  • lack of reserve,
  • lack of restraint,
  • Freedoms,
  • unconstraint.
  •honesty (noun)
  • self respect,
  • reputabilities,
  • selfrespect,
  • evenhandednesses,
  • impeccabilities,
  • straightnesses,
  • trustinesses,
  • self-respects,
  • trustworthinesses,
  • bluntnesses.
  •honorableness (noun)
  • plainne.
  •peril (noun)
  • in-securities,
  • un-certainties,
  • un certainties,
  • in securities,
  • risky businesses,
  • un certainty,
  • un-certainty,
  • double troubles,
  • in-security.
  •receptiveness (noun)
  • receptiveness.
  •receptivity (noun)
  • receptivity.
  •risk (noun)
  • pro spect,
  • pro spects,
  • pro-spects,
  • liablenesses,
  • shot dark,
  • exposednesses,
  • shot in dark,
  • shot the dark.
  •simplicity (noun)
  • primitiveness,
  • clean lines,
  • Classicality,
  • monotony,
  • sophistication artlessness,
  • Elementariness,
  • lack of adornment,
  • innocence,
  • simplicity.
  •sincerity (noun)
  • re liability,
  • sincerenesses,
  • bona fideses,
  • wholeheartednesses,
  • re-liabilities,
  • re liabilities,
  • re-liability.
  •susceptibleness (noun)
  • owings.
  •truth (noun)
  • dutifulness.
  •veracity (noun)
  • veridicality,
  • trueness,
  • honest-to-god truth,
  • straight stuff,
  • veraciousness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • good faith,
  • sportsmanship,
  • probity,
  • credibility,
  • double bluff,
  • responsiveness,
  • open-mindedness,
  • candour,
  • honor system.
  •approachability
  • accessibility.
  •honesty
  • veracity.

Paraphrases for Openness:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    opens.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    ministers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    candour, franchise.
  • Verb, past participle
    Instituted, unlocked, initiated, Commenced, started.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    opening-up, open-minded, open-door.
  • Proper noun, singular
    remarks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    frankness, receptiveness, opening-up, honesty, open-endedness, sincerity, candor, forthrightness, willingness, truthfulness, directness, receptivity, publicity, readiness, accessibility, bluntness, advertising, fairness, visibility, overt.
  • Adverb
    openly.

Antonyms for Openness:

• n.

  • attribute
    closeness.
  • exposure
    asset, aid, irresponsibility, help.
  • openmindedness
    disagreement, disbelief.
  • Other antonyms:
    indirection, reticence, evasiveness, reserve, inhibition, tact, circuitousness, shyness, diplomacy, restraint, safeguarding, shielding.

Openness Sentence Examples:

• Not until he had made the second turning did he speak; then it was with seeming openness.

• It was so pleasant to look upon her simple attire, upon the trusting openness of her shoulders, upon the light tan of her feet, and upon the austere outlines of her face.

Hypernym for Openness:

• n.

  • attribute
    patency.

Hyponym for Openness:

• n.

  • attribute
    sociableness, sociability, spatial arrangement, spacing.