LIKABILITY Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

likability

noun

Definition of likability

as in attractiveness

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Recent Examples of likability 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 Editor-in-chief Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson) is a mix of blustery Michael Scott naivete and Jim Halpert everyman likability in his attempts to resurrect the struggling Toledo Truth Teller. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 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 And despite their eminent likability, Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle — in the central roles of Catherine and her father, Robert — may even be the wrong actors. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The judging criteria balanced overall attractiveness and legibility for law enforcement.

— Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
The list compiled 300 cities of varying sizes across 22 factors of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026

Definition of attractiveness

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

Kikuko sometimes mistook Shigejiro’s cheerfulness for egoism owing to the distortions produced by her illness.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Positive qualities—promptness, diligence, cheerfulness—sped up your ascent through the ranks; negative ones—laziness, dissipation, late mornings—slowed it down.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Definition of cheerfulness

Noun

This is truly a war against science and civility by cruel people in a ridiculous revenge frenzy.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
Bipartisan support is needed to enact legislation, and civility is required to negotiate common ground.

— Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 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

Acquired Manuel Colon and cash considerations from the Kansas City Royals for Nolan Hoffman.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
The Mets traded Weaver and cash considerations to the Bucs Monday for 21-year-old shortstop prospect Sammy Stafura, a local out of Westchester County.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

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