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

On the other hand, higher Fed rates typically bolster the attractiveness of dollar assets, exerting depreciation pressure on local currencies.

— , CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
The rankings were based on student outcomes, learning environment and attractiveness.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of attractiveness

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

Despite the challenges, many candidates are impelled by the desire to steer political discourse toward civility and issues that matter most to ordinary citizens.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026
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

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

Tender Loving Care is a gentle, mournful, funny portrait of a family whose future is shadowed by uncertainty but tries to face life with cheeriness.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
That isn’t to say that Buffett conducts business with blind cheeriness and optimism — nor did Murphy, Buffett said.

— Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026

Definition of cheeriness

Noun

El-Sayed keeps trying to claim Piker is an irrelevant distraction, but the company one keeps is a legitimate consideration for voters.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Last season, 92 films submitted for Best International Feature consideration, with 86 meeting eligibility requirements.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026

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