LIKABILITY Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

likability

noun

Definition of likability

as in attractiveness

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Recent Examples of likability Growing up in foster care didn’t give me much likability or infrastructure for knowing how to relate to people. — Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 Speed is pristine — a perfectly structured blockbuster built on the likability of its two magnetic leads. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026 The problem is that likability earned this way doesn't last because it isn't built on anything real. — Steven Gonzalez, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Depth, feeling, stakes and likability. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026 In assessing greatness, likability matters to me. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 14 June 2026 Foundation of trust That trust is built on an impressive resume and likability. — George Skelton, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 Because even in the really good bad guy parts, there’s often a likability to the character. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 May 2026 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

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Noun

The stakes are high, with victory on the track bringing in prize money and enhancing the team’s attractiveness to sponsors like Petronas and Microsoft.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
But these concerns do not eliminate bitcoin's attractiveness in a fiscally dominant macroenvironment.

— Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of attractiveness

Noun

For 15 seasons, Nneka has led with grace and conviction, competed with an unmistakable spark, and carried herself with a generosity and thoughtfulness that have earned the admiration of everyone across our game.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
Discussions were led by Smith and David Longo, former chair of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, as well as others who could bring expertise and thoughtfulness to the topic of the day.

— Peter St Onge, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoughtfulness

Noun

She’s used to chief stews who yell and is thrown off by Aesha’s politeness.

— Emma Soren, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
Southworth started focusing more specifically on civility, decency, and politeness after COVID, when many employees were fleeing the hospitality industry—all while the membership at their clubs was doubling.

— Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Definition of politeness

Noun

The service Professionalism comes with genuine warmth, cheerfulness, and a sense of people absolutely loving their jobs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
Kikuko sometimes mistook Shigejiro’s cheerfulness for egoism owing to the distortions produced by her illness.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheerfulness

Noun

But most of us have been around long enough to miss things such as bipartisanship among lawmakers and general civility.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Joe Biden, a link to a bygone era of civility and bipartisanship, ran in 2020 on a message of restoring the soul of America.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of civility

Noun

In a way, the intrusion of violence into the otherwise festive dinner did manage to galvanize a sense of comity between bitter political rivals.

— Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Getting the debt down to a manageable size will take sacrifice in the way of cuts and tax increases, which are difficult even in times of relative political comity.

— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of comity

Noun

The Marlins acquired Driscoll from the Rays on Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
The second is no small consideration in a system where sponsors are sued with some regularity, and Cerulli reports that worries about fees and litigation have slowed sponsors from changing their target-date arrangements at all.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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