openness
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
without obstructions to passage or view
the openness of the prairies
Types & categories
- spatial arrangement hypernym
- patency hyponym
Related & opposite
- clear derivation
Sense 2 noun
characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
Types & categories
- sociability hypernym
Related & opposite
- secretiveness antonym
- heart-to-heart derivation
- overt derivation
- naked derivation
Sense 3 noun
willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)
he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform
Types & categories
- willingness hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clear |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | spatial arrangement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | patency |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | secretiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | heart-to-heart |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | naked |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sociability |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | open |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | willingness |