niceness

Other forms of niceness

plural

nicenesses·

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 niceness

What does niceness mean?

niceness means "a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in niceness?

niceness has 2 syllables: nice-ness. The stress falls on "nice". In IPA it is /ˈnaɪsnəs/.

What is another word for niceness?

Close synonyms include politeness, subtlety. 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.

What is the opposite of niceness?

The recorded antonyms are nastiness.

Is niceness a common word?

niceness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.