Synonyms of amiability

amiability

noun

1

as in sweetness

the state or quality of having a pleasant or agreeable manner in socializing with others

the waitress's amiability is what makes eating at the diner so much fun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sweetness
• personableness
• affability
• geniality
• agreeability
• amiableness
• pleasantness
• agreeableness
• niceness
• kindness
• graciousness
• good-naturedness
• cheerfulness
• friendliness
• cordiality
• mellowness
• complaisance
• gentleness
• good-temperedness
• amity
• amicability
• delightfulness
• benignity
• amenity
• sweetness and light
• cheeriness
• thoughtfulness
• considerateness
• politeness
• courtesy
• amenability
• sunniness
• kindliness
• courteousness
• gemütlichkeit
• attractiveness
• enjoyableness
• likability
• consideration
• comity
• civility
• empressement
• amicableness
• likableness
• pleasingness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpleasantness
• disagreeableness
• rudeness
• discourtesy
• boorishness
• irritability
• incivility
• irascibility
• impoliteness
• ungraciousness
• petulance
• peevishness
• churlishness
• testiness
• crankiness
• cantankerousness
• grouchiness
• grumpiness
• biliousness
• hostility
• fussiness
• contentiousness
• orneriness
• querulousness
• unfriendliness
• contrariness
• quarrelsomeness
• vinegar
• sourness
• irascibleness

2

as in friendliness

a desire or disposition to please

we had expected our rich cousin to be pushy and snobby, so we were pleasantly surprised by her amiability

Synonyms & Similar Words

• friendliness
• amenability
• pleasantness
• complaisance
• submissiveness
• affability
• geniality
• passivity
• cordiality
• good-naturedness
• sociability
• compliance
• congeniality
• agreeableness
• amicability
• graciousness
• kindliness
• docility
• acquiescence
• amicableness
• kindheartedness
• warmheartedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sullenness
• surliness
• disagreeableness
• disobedience
• ungraciousness
• recalcitrance
• intractability

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of amiability

Yet Russell’s likability also throws the character’s crimes into relief, making their horrors and ramifications more striking and unsettling by their contrast with his superficial amiability. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2026

All of this is to say, the man is a good sport, and his work in The Fall Guy as stuntman Colt Seavers reflects that amiability. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

So far, the closest person the 2020s have to fill that slot is Glen Powell, a native of the Lone Star State blessed with a smile that melts butter and and aw-shucks amiability. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026

No special effects were required to trigger Curry's stark drift from amiability to horrifying emptiness. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025

There’s an offbeat amiability to Easy’s Waltz that wouldn’t have been possible had nearly every actor involved not been on board with the modest aims of its filmmaker. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019