FOLKSINESS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

folksiness

noun

Definition of folksiness

as in friendliness

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Recent Examples of folksiness The addition of the electric guitar, drums and Jack White’s shrieking vocals transformed it into a rock song, while also keeping its signature folksiness. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026 Plaintiffs’ attorney Mark Lanier leaned on his down-home Texas folksiness throughout the trial, telling the jury what was on his heart and scribbling with grease pencil on his demonstrative aids. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026 This sense of obligation to the country is accompanied by a down-home humility, frugality, and folksiness. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2025 Is Alec’s folksiness sincere or cynical? — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

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Noun

In an act of something like willful, somewhat disturbing friendliness, or a desire not to have to deal with Leo the next time he’s locked out, Clive makes a copy of Leo’s key and installs a lock box by his door.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Congressional Republicans, meanwhile, continued to caution against overt friendliness.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of friendliness

Noun

Charity and neighborliness helped a lot — many victims are still thankful to churches and neighbors that volunteered their labor, according to Whitney Bailey, a disaster response project director at AppalReD Legal Aid.

— Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
And in this quiet corner, tucked away from the hustle of the Grand Concourse's main drag, Parsons sees one of the fairgrounds biggest opportunities to tend that neighborliness.

— Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of neighborliness

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Yet Russell’s likability also throws the character’s crimes into relief, making their horrors and ramifications more striking and unsettling by their contrast with his superficial amiability.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2026
All of this is to say, the man is a good sport, and his work in The Fall Guy as stuntman Colt Seavers reflects that amiability.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of amiability

Noun

Thwarted by England’s tenacity and gregariousness, the twinkle-toed talisman and his team were staring down the barrel of a World Cup exit.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Known for her singing and gregariousness, Ishikawa is as much a presence on the pitch as off it.

— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025

Definition of gregariousness

Noun

For all the ways these drugs are associated with deprivation, many users describe a paradoxical new sociability.

— Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
Her public image was capacious enough that Rollerena could carry not only camp and sociability, but profound grief as well.

— Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2026

Definition of sociability

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