EASINESS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

easiness

noun

Definition of easiness

as in naïveté

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Recent Examples of easiness Playa de Los Muertos, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico To see Puerto Vallarta at its finest, Playa de Los Muertos is the Mexican city's beach-going easiness turned up to the max. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2025

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Noun

With no way to secure this crucial boundary, Microsoft and its peers are left to erect complicated and ad hoc guardrails designed to rein in the consequences of this incurable gullibility.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
Their bond — both are outsiders who suffered abuse as children — is one of the few emotional soft spots in the otherwise fast-moving series about America’s rotten power structure, manipulative media and the gullibility of the public.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026

Definition of gullibility

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That demographic also showed stronger brand receptivity during the tournament, with World Cup viewers 21% more likely to feel loyal to advertisers and 24% more likely to view tournament ads as credible, according to NBCUniversal data.

— Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
That spiritual receptivity brings peace, clarity, and even safety to others.

— Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026

Definition of receptivity

Noun

The team also found that residents in the Sardinian Blue Zone had higher levels of curiosity and receptiveness to new ideas in general, and were more adept at understanding and sharing their emotions.

— Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026
For me, the New York School is all about instinct and receptiveness.

— Joe Dunthorne, The New York Review of Books, 25 July 2026

Definition of receptiveness

Noun

But there are properties around the world that go above and beyond to host guests with celiac disease and other gluten sensitivities.

— Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026
The group’s sensitivity to the negative headlines underscores some of the challenges facing tech stocks, as Jim Cramer discussed in his Sunday column.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 July 2026

Definition of sensitivity

Noun

This openness brought him his second major award, the Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy, a prize created to counter the tendencies of philosophers to narrow their specialization.

— Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Wilson has signaled an openness to pulling back some harm-reduction policies.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Definition of openness

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