Synonyms for amiability
Most common
affability amiableness amenity pleasantness kindness gentleness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Affability — friendliness, especially easy approachability owing to a cheerful and pleasant disposition
affability, amiableness, amenity, pleasantness, bonhomie, geniality, courtesy, civility, friendliness, cordiality, affableness
2. Kindness
Definitions
- n. 1
Friendliness, especially easy approachability owing to a cheerful and pleasant disposition.
He greeted everyone with his usual amiability.
Forms
- Plural
- amiabilities → affabilities, amiablenesses, pleasantnesses, bonhomies…
Example sentences
- amenity The health spa was the hotel’s primary amenity.
- pleasantness Usefulness must be combined with pleasantness.
- kindness Kyoko had the kindness to carry my baggage for me.
- gentleness He had a gentleness that was attractive to women.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| amiability | steady | |
| amenity | falling | |
| pleasantness | steady | |
| affability | rising | |
| amiableness | steady | |
| kindness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- amenity4, douceur
- 8 letters
- courtesy3, kindness2, civility4, bonhomie
- 9 letters
- geniality5, benignity
- 10 letters
- gentleness3, loveliness, cordiality, affability, kindliness
- 11 letters
- amiableness, affableness, lovableness, amicability
- 12 letters
- friendliness3, pleasantness
- 15 letters
- approachability
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amenity4 = 4 syllables).