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open arms

NOUN
access
Synonyms
STRONGEST
approach connection entry
STRONG
admittance avenue contact course door entrance entree entrée in ingress introduction key passage path road route way
WEAK
open door
Antonyms
STRONG
conclusion
WEAK
egress outlet
NOUN
entrée
Synonyms
WEAK
access adit admission connection contact debut door entrance entry importation in incoming induction ingress introduction open door way
Antonyms
WEAK
prohibition rejection
NOUN
entree
Synonyms
STRONGEST
admission
STRONG
access adit connection contact debut door entrance entry importation in incoming induction ingress introduction way
WEAK
open door
Antonyms
STRONG
blackballing conclusion egress exit rejection
WEAK
prohibition
NOUN
friendliness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
camaraderie comity cordiality goodwill kindness neighborliness warmth
STRONG
affability amiability amity benevolence comradery congeniality conviviality friendship geniality kindliness sociability
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hostility
STRONG
hatred
WEAK
aloofness coldness incompatibility
NOUN
glad hand
Synonyms
WEAK
accueil cordial welcome pleasant reception welcome
NOUN
pleasantness
Synonyms
STRONG
affability agreeability agreeableness amenity amiableness amity benevolence camaraderie comity comradery congeniality congenialness conviviality cordiality friendliness friendship geniality goodwill kindliness kindness neighborliness sociability sociableness warmth
WEAK
cordialness genialness
Antonyms
STRONG
aloofness coldness coolness dislike hate hatred hostility ill will meanness
NOUN
sociability
Synonyms
STRONG
affability agreeability agreeableness amenity amiableness amity benevolence camaraderie comity comradery congeniality congenialness conviviality cordiality friendliness friendship geniality goodwill kindliness kindness neighborliness sociableness warmth
WEAK
cordialness genialness
Antonyms
STRONG
aloofness coldness coolness dislike hate hatred hostility ill will meanness
NOUN
sociableness
Synonyms
STRONG
affability agreeability agreeableness amenity amiableness amity benevolence camaraderie comity comradery congeniality congenialness conviviality cordiality friendliness friendship geniality goodwill kindliness kindness neighborliness pleasantness sociability warmth
WEAK
cordialness genialness
Antonyms
STRONG
aloofness coldness coolness dislike hate hatred hostility ill will meanness

Example Sentences

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"We welcome them with open arms," said Pearlman.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Not to worry, he points out: the same manosphere bros who deemed Thompson soft or a simp for showering Megan with gifts are welcoming him back with open arms.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

“We need to come at them with open arms and say, ‘You’re not stupid because you lost this money.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Spurs fans pin the blame on Levy for failing to back the coach and many would welcome Pochettino back with open arms.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

His great-grandfather had been a chief in the Orange Free State, and had greeted the Afrikaner voortrekkers of the nineteenth century with open arms and gifts of land, and then been betrayed.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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