hospitableness
Gracious host quality
Hospitableness is the quality of being welcoming and generous to guests or strangers.
The word covers both the disposition to offer food, shelter, and comfort, and the warmth with which such offerings are made.
The hospitableness of the innkeeper made weary travelers feel at home.
Hospitality is the more common noun for the same idea.
Sincere friendly warmth
- genialityWarmth of manner
- affabilityWarm, friendly disposition
- friendlinessWarm, welcoming disposition
- graciousnessCourteous, kind demeanor
kindliness · heartiness · good-naturedness · conviviality · sociability · approachability · amiability · congeniality
Disposition toward doing good
- magnanimityGenerous, noble spirit
- openhandednessLiberal giving disposition
- liberalityGenerous spirit or giving
- munificenceLavish, princely generosity
largesse · bountifulness · giving · charity · philanthropy · beneficence · altruism · selflessness
Providing amusement or enjoyment
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- lodgingTemporary place to stay
- cateringSupplying prepared meals professionally
banquet · feast · gathering · visitor · innkeeping · table-setting · dinner-party · houseguest
Expression of welcome
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- invitationRequest to attend
- inclusivenessQuality of welcoming all
- receptivenessWillingness to accept ideas
open-door · embrace · acceptance · ingathering · ushering · receiving · admittance · inclusivity
cordiality
Sincere friendly warmth
- genialityWarmth of manner
- affabilityWarm, friendly disposition
- friendlinessWarm, welcoming disposition
graciousness · kindliness · heartiness · good-naturedness · conviviality · sociability · approachability · amiability · congeniality · cheerfulness
benevolence
Disposition toward doing good
- magnanimityGenerous, noble spirit
- openhandednessLiberal giving disposition
- liberalityGenerous spirit or giving
munificence · largesse · bountifulness · giving · charity · philanthropy · beneficence · altruism · selflessness · unselfishness
entertaining
Providing amusement or enjoyment
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- lodgingTemporary place to stay
catering · banquet · feast · gathering · visitor · innkeeping · table-setting · dinner-party · houseguest · potluck
greeting
Expression of welcome
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- invitationRequest to attend
- inclusivenessQuality of welcoming all
receptiveness · open-door · embrace · acceptance · ingathering · ushering · receiving · admittance · inclusivity
hospitablenessinhospitableness
State of being unwelcoming
inhospitality · unfriendliness · cold-heartedness · coldness · aloofness
hospitablenessstinginess
Excessive reluctance to spend
miserliness · ungraciousness · tightfistedness · niggardliness · parsimony
hospitablenessexclusiveness
State of being restricted
insularity · standoffishness · closedness · xenophobia · clannishness
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