EASINESS Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

easiness

noun

Definition of easiness

as in naïveté

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Recent Examples of easiness Watching Antonelli on the track and in the garage in the days before the race, Wolff sensed an easiness about his driver. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 After a time, the normal chitchat and easiness of the room returned like a wound closing, the girls forgetting her intrusion. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 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

Beyond the mystery at the novel’s core, Candlish examines themes of #MeToo harassment, truth versus fiction in social media trends, boomerang kids, and the fine line between gullibility and trust.

— The Know, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
Members must accommodate themselves to its fictions, with varying mixtures of gullibility and cynicism; followers shown proof that the leader has lied may admire him all the more for his tactical cleverness.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of gullibility

Noun

There’s a receptiveness to Helaena that at times can be really funny but also played up the tragedy of her arc this season.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of receptiveness

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These give the driver real-time control over accelerator pedal sensitivity, wheel slip thresholds (with nine traction settings) and cornering agility.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
The authors concluded that improved laboratory sensitivity and statistical methods could help agencies better interpret drinking-water monitoring results.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of sensitivity

Noun

That openness is extending to more autonomous uses of AI, with 75% of users willing to let AI agents find the best prices and complete purchases on their behalf.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
The dawn of the internet taught us that openness without responsibility can become extraction, connection can deepen division, and freedom without care can concentrate power in the hands of a few.

— Amelia Rose Barlow, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of openness

Noun

What’s worse is the scene that follows, revealing the clean-up of multiple bodies and an elaborate rewriting of the narrative that strains credulity to put it mildly, not to mention shortchanging the Mexican characters.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
The earlier series has increasingly strained credulity by having its romance plots hinge on inequalities of gender and class, but seldom of race.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of credulity

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