SPONTANEOUSNESS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

spontaneousness

noun

Definition of spontaneousness

as in naturalness

carefree freedom from constraint her friends loved her for her natural spontaneousness

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Noun

The ensemble of actors is convincing in its naturalness, with the characterizations remaining consistently precise and ambivalent.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Inside the wilderness, a big part of it is to return naturalness, right?

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026

Definition of naturalness

Noun

There must have been a hundred of us there, circling the truck, clambering onto its hood, shuffling and shimmying and twerking with abandon.

— Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Instead, Curry connected with fans like me because, as a performer, the man seemed able to do anything, and do it with a kind of liberated abandon and eagerness to entertain.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of abandon

Noun

The note appears twice in handwriting and is typed again on the final report of well abandonment.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
For Smotkin, the water crisis reflects the island’s history of structural neglect and systemic abandonment by both local and federal authorities.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of abandonment

Noun

Clarke pursued authenticity ingeniously, using tiny, hidden radio microphones that transmitted to tape recorder from afar, in order to capture dialogue with maximal spontaneity.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Working at the Kunstgewerbeschule under educational reformer Franz Cžek, Wiener Werkstätte women also designed toys designed to tap into childlike spontaneity.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of spontaneity

Noun

The staffers of the Truth Teller start the second season pumped with enthusiasm after their winning night at an Ohio journalism awards ceremony.

— Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Organizers are hoping to boost GOP enthusiasm, but the confab is getting a lackluster reception from some in the party.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of enthusiasm

Noun

The Leipzig scenes are both ephemeral and integral; later, Taro will speculate that if the Germans had had the same revolutionary zeal as the Spanish, Hitler might have been defeated.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
Even the newcomers to this season’s Bears quickly noticed a way of doing things that felt purposeful and full of zeal.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of zeal

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