amiableness

Other forms of amiableness

plural

amiablenesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amiableness

What does amiableness mean?

amiableness means "a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)".

How many syllables are in amiableness?

amiableness has 5 syllables: a-mi-a-ble-ness. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for amiableness?

Close synonyms include affability, affableness, amiability, bonhomie, geniality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amiableness a common word?

amiableness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.