mateyness

8.2

A friendly, casual way of acting that makes people feel like friends

noun
/ˈmeɪtɪnəs/

: camaradería

I appreciated her mateyness during the meeting.

Examples

The manager's mateyness helped break down barriers between staff and leadership.
His mateyness made everyone feel comfortable.
His mateyness made everyone feel comfortable at the gathering.
Some people appreciate a bit of mateyness in customer service interactions.
Her constant attempts at humor and laid-back attitude showed a level of mateyness that made everyone feel relaxed.
Despite his initial reserve, his friendly banter and mateyness quickly put newcomers at ease.
In the cafe, the mateyness of the staff created a welcoming atmosphere for the regulars.

Synonyms

geniality

vsmateyness

1 5.5

A friendly, cheerful way that makes people feel welcome

is friendlier and informal but can feel insincere or overly familiar

smarminess

vsmateyness

Informal

1 9.2

Too much praise that tries to make people like you

is friendlier and more informal and can be genuine as well as false

amiableness

vsmateyness

6.7

A friendly, pleasant way of acting that makes others feel comfortable

is more casual and can be insincere or excessively familiar

canniness

vsmateyness

Literature

9.9

Being friendly and pleasant when meeting other people

is more informal and may sometimes seem too friendly or insincere

oleaginousness

vsmateyness

Formal

9.9

Being unpleasantly smooth and too friendly

is more often casual friendly and sometimes genuinely warm rather than cloying

Antonyms

formality

Formal

11 5.4

A serious way of behaving that follows rules and tradition

aloofness

4 7.2

A feeling of being distant from other people and not friendly

How Friendly

overfamiliarity

7.4

mateyness

8.2

friendliness

16 1.0

cordiality

2 5.7

reserve

9 5.2

Surface Forms

mateyness singular

mateynesses plural

Morphology

mateyness = matey (transparent) = matey + ness

Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'matey', yielding the quality of being matey; meaning is direct though colloquial.

Etymology

The word mateyness starts with mate meaning 'friend', uses the friendly form matey, and adds the ending -ness to make a quality. So, mateyness is the quality of being friendly and informal, and it can feel warm and real or sometimes a little fake and too familiar.