obligingness
Willingness to assist
Obligingness is the quality of being eager to help or please others.
It suggests a readiness to accommodate requests or do favors without complaint: Her obligingness made her popular with colleagues, though some took advantage of it.
The word carries a slight formality and can imply excessive agreeableness.
Courteous, respectful conduct
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- civilityFormal politeness in conduct
- respectRegard with honor
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
graciousness · cordiality · tactfulness · deference · decorum · courteousness · gentility · propriety
Intense willingness to act
- readinessState of being prepared
- alacrityEager and cheerful promptness
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- keennessSharpness of perception
openness · receptiveness · inclination · preparedness · assent · consent · approachability · volunteering
Support or aid given
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- aidSupport given freely
- serviceAid or maintenance
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
attentiveness · beneficence · generosity · benevolence · goodwill · caregiving · thoughtfulness · solicitude
Able to bend freely
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- amenableWilling to comply
yielding · pliant · agreeable · considerate · facilitative · supportive · responsive · deferential
politeness
Courteous, respectful conduct
consideration · graciousness · cordiality · tactfulness · deference · decorum · courteousness · gentility · propriety · chivalry
eagerness
Intense willingness to act
- readinessState of being prepared
- alacrityEager and cheerful promptness
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
keenness · openness · receptiveness · inclination · preparedness · assent · consent · approachability · volunteering · agreeableness
assistance
Support or aid given
kindness · attentiveness · beneficence · generosity · benevolence · goodwill · caregiving · thoughtfulness · solicitude · ministration
flexible
Able to bend freely
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
amenable · yielding · pliant · agreeable · considerate · facilitative · supportive · responsive · deferential · congenial
- submissivenesssubmissiveness, docility, meekness, obedience, tractability
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
obligingnessunwillingness
Disinclination to act
unhelpfulness · uncooperativeness · recalcitrance · stubbornness · intransigence
obligingnessindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · unconcern · disinterestedness · coldness · callousness
obligingnessobstinacy
Unyielding adherence to position
stubbornness · defiance · contrariness · intractability · recalcitrance
obliging, obligation, oblige, obligatory, obliged, obligate, obligingly, obliges, disobliging