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

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
Mason highlights – with levity and humor – how erroneous ideas, gullibility, and blinders can lead even people who should know better down rabbit holes.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 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

Noun

Nonetheless, no agreements have been reached yet, partly because of the complexities of the issues surrounding AI, as well as sensitivities around how Hollywood talent and unions would react, the sources said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Besides a wide-field infrared camera that matches Hubble’s sensitivity but is 1,000 times faster, Roman holds an instrument to block out starlight.

— Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of sensitivity

Noun

Harald said in an interview at the time that Europe's royal families should not be ‌tempted to reverse ⁠moves towards openness and retreat to their palace towers.

— Terje Solsvik, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Wolff extended his contract with Austin this winter but expressed an openness to a new challenge, sources said.

— Tom Bogert, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of openness

Noun

The movie features several spectacular set pieces, some of which defy gravity and credulity, but at its heart, The Fugitive is a classically satisfying mystery in the Agatha Christie tradition.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Because these stories have to dramatize a search for normalcy, its leads tend to be awkward in ways that strain credulity.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of credulity

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