outgoingness

Examples

• All

• The correlation between spouses' scores was .47 in the Unstable group (p < .01), indicating that spouses in that group tended to be opposite one another in premarital warmth and outgoingness.

  Academic text (1990)

• As your habit of confidence and outgoingness grows, so will your list of friends!

  Blog text (11)

• Spouses in unstable marriages differ in warmth and outgoingness, though they are similar in intelligence.

  Academic text (1990)

• Her outgoingness made it easy for her to make new friends at the party.

• His outgoingness was evident as he greeted everyone with a smile and introduced himself.

Synonyms

F

friendliness

vsoutgoingness

16 1.0

A kind and pleasant way of treating other people

stresses active approach and talkativeness with new people

S

sociability

vsoutgoingness

2 3.6

Enjoying being with other people and making friends

emphasizes active willingness to meet and talk with strangers

A

affability

vsoutgoingness

1 5.3

A friendly, gentle way that makes people feel comfortable

adds the idea of actively starting conversations with strangers

A

amiability

vsoutgoingness

1 4.1

A friendly, pleasant way of behaving that makes people feel comfortable

means more than being approachable by also initiating talk

E

extraversion

vsoutgoingness

• Specialized

1 6.4

A quality of being outgoing and confident with other people

is the everyday readiness to talk to new people rather than a trait

G

geniality

vsoutgoingness

1 5.5

A friendly, cheerful way that makes people feel welcome

focuses more on active sociable behaviour with new people

A

approachability

vsoutgoingness

1 4.1

The quality of being friendly and easy to talk to

is more about actively approaching and speaking to new people

S

sociality

vsoutgoingness

1 7.9

A tendency to live and form groups with other animals or people

focuses more narrowly on approaching and talking to individuals

G

gregariousness

vsoutgoingness

1 7.4

Enjoying being with other people

focuses more on approaching and talking to new people

E

expansiveness

vsoutgoingness

1 6.0

Friendliness and openness that make people feel welcome

leans more toward initiating friendly contact with strangers

S

sociableness

vsoutgoingness

5.5

A liking for being with other people

leans more toward initiating conversation with unfamiliar people

A

affableness

vsoutgoingness

6.5

Being friendly and easy to talk to

places more weight on being willing to meet new people

A

amiableness

vsoutgoingness

6.7

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

is more about starting friendly interactions with unfamiliar people

P

personableness

vsoutgoingness

7.2

Being friendly and pleasant so people enjoy being with you

is more about initiating contact than just having charm

C

communicativeness

vsoutgoingness

5.5

A willingness and ability to talk and share ideas with other people

specifically highlights starting conversations with unfamiliar people

T

talkability

vsoutgoingness

6.7

Easy to talk to and able to start a friendly conversation

adds the idea of actively approaching new people to talk

E

expansivity

vsoutgoingness

8.1

Talking in an open and friendly way

stresses readiness to meet and start conversations with new people

Antonyms

A

antisocial

14 5.1

Preferring to be alone and avoiding social situations

I

introversion

2 6.9

A person tends to focus on inner thoughts and feel reserved around others

How Sociable

gregariousness

1 7.4

outgoingness

3.7

sociability

2 3.6

friendliness

16 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology