openness
English Thesaurus
1. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | willingness, |
| definition | : | cheerful compliance (noun.attribute) |
2. characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | sociability, sociableness, |
| definition | : | the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows (noun.attribute) |
3. without obstructions to passage or view (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | spacing, spatial arrangement, |
| definition | : | the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | patency, |
| definition | : | the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct (noun.attribute) |
4. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | open, |
| definition | : | without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | receptive, |
| definition | : | open to arguments, ideas, or change (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | open, receptive, |
| definition | : | ready or willing to receive favorably (adj.all) |
5. characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | closeness, secretiveness, |
| definition | : | characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | candid, heart-to-heart, open, |
| definition | : | openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | open, overt, |
| definition | : | open and observable; not secret or hidden (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | naked, raw, |
| definition | : | devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure (adj.all) |
6. without obstructions to passage or view (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | clear, open, |
| definition | : | affording free passage or view (adj.all) |
7. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | open, |
| definition | : | without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | receptive, |
| definition | : | open to arguments, ideas, or change (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | open, receptive, |
| definition | : | ready or willing to receive favorably (adj.all) |
8. characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | closeness, secretiveness, |
| definition | : | characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | candid, heart-to-heart, open, |
| definition | : | openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | open, overt, |
| definition | : | open and observable; not secret or hidden (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | naked, raw, |
| definition | : | devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure (adj.all) |
9. without obstructions to passage or view (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | clear, open, |
| definition | : | affording free passage or view (adj.all) |
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