CORDIALITY Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

cordiality

noun

ˌkȯr-jē-ˈa-lə-tē

Definition of cordiality

as in friendship

kindly concern, interest, or support everyone appreciated the cordiality and thoughtfulness of the welcoming committee

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Recent Examples of cordiality Liberated from this approach to economic warfare, relations with allies may recover some of their former cordiality. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026 All that being said, cordiality may be the path of least resistance for the sake of your other relationships. — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 12 Dec. 2025 Visuals of exaggerated cordiality between the Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and President Xi Jinping of China at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1 displayed China’s convening power. — Shyam Saran, Time, 10 Sep. 2025 One of the institute’s medical personnel, Farah (Kate Dickie), greets them with the kind of clinical cordiality that undercuts its outwardly soothing welcome with unnerving detachment. — Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cordiality

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Noun

This includes Martin and Fransway defending their relationship spark, Hubbard being accused of playing the single mom card and Olivera and Hubbard confronting each other over their troubled friendship.

— Peter White, Deadline, 13 July 2026
Ferlinghetti’s friendship with Jack Kerouac — and his invitations to escape the Bay Area for the solitude of the Big Sur coast — tied the poet and the novelist to the same stretch of rugged landscape that still draws tourists and artists today.

— David Caraccio Updated July 13, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of friendship

Noun

What that collaboration has come up with is a new knife that pushes Opinel's classic profile to new heights in terms of user friendliness and features.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 July 2026
The friendliness, the blue-sky, anything-is-possible thinking, and their love of this land.

— Priyanka Mattoo, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

Definition of friendliness

Noun

Effective recovery depends not only on the generosity of the donations, but also on strategic approaches that can get the type of aid needed to the people who need it.

— Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
In all of these cases, the effect is largely the same—forging intimacy through some level of generosity or gallantry, coupled with pure, physical proximity—and in 2026, all of them are still technically possible.

— Sara Delgado, Vogue, 9 July 2026

Definition of generosity

Noun

Of course, their amity turned out to be a time bomb.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
His ease in the landscape, practical intelligence, local alliances, and obvious interest offer not just an escape, but one new amity – a true alternative to the abuse she’s endured.

— Erin Douglass, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2025

Definition of amity

Noun

Maybe camaraderie and neighborliness will succeed where the Council’s blindness to our needs failed.

— Peter Madonia, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
The North Star State’s Minnesota Nice reputation has long encompassed progressive politics; a polite, if guarded, interpersonal demeanor; and a hearty neighborliness formed out of necessity during frigid winters.

— Daniel Cueto-Villalobos, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026

Definition of neighborliness

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