agreeableness

Quality of amiability

Agreeableness is the quality of being pleasant, accommodating, or easy to get along with.

In everyday use, it describes someone's disposition: Her agreeableness made her popular with coworkers.

In personality psychology, agreeableness is one of the Big Five traits, measuring tendencies toward cooperation, trust, and empathy versus competitiveness and skepticism.

trait

empathy

Sharing another's emotions

tolerance · kindness · gentleness · sincerity · trustworthiness · benevolence · modesty · considerateness · warmth · tact

amiable

affable

Warm and approachable

good-natured · pleasant · likable · approachable · charming · cheerful · gentle · mellow · sweet-tempered · kindly

compliant

accommodating

Willing to help others

obliging · pliant · adaptable · flexible · conformable · tractable · docile · biddable · amenable · complaisant

harmony

accord

Harmony between parties

peace · concord · attunement · congeniality · amity · understanding · balance · unity · consonance · cohesion

cooperative

collaborative

Involving shared effort

helpful · willing · participative · constructive · contributing · collegial · reciprocal · united · allied · coordinated

Categories
Opposites
interpersonal warmth and cooperation

agreeablenessdisagreeableness

State of being off-putting

hostility · unfriendliness · antagonism · combativeness · contentiousness

temperament and emotional reactivity

agreeablenessirritability

Proneness to agitation

irascibility · grouchiness · grumpiness · crankiness · peevishness

social manner and courtesy

agreeablenessrudeness

Disrespectful social behavior

discourtesy · impoliteness · incivility · boorishness · ungraciousness

Family

agree, agreement, disagree, agreeable, disagreement, disagreeing, disagreeable, agreeably, disagreed

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