Academic Dictionary
Home / Thesaurus / Inhospitality
Find the word that fits

Inhospitality: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Inhospitality

The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality.

View the full dictionary entry Compare this word with another →
46 useful connections shown 5 reviewed relationships and 41 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Broader term 1

Welcome 76% connected

Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Definition Compare both words

Derivationally related 2

Inhospitable 74% connected

Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words
Inhospitable 74% connected

Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Definition Compare both words

Antonym 2

Hospitality 94% connected

The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Definition Compare both words
Hospitality 94% connected

The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Definition Compare both words
Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.

Acathexis noun · 78% connection

(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Antisocial personality disorder noun · 78% connection

a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic pe…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Cardiac arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Cardiac resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Cardiopulmonary arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Christmas noun · 78% connection

An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a pa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Cosher verb · 78% connection

To treat with hospitality; to pet.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
CPR noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Dearth noun · 78% connection

Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Enterprise verb · 78% connection

To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Entertainment noun · 78% connection

That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especiall…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Hearth noun · 78% connection

The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Hospitable adjective · 78% connection

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospit…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Hospitableness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being hospitable; hospitality.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Hospitage noun · 78% connection

Hospitality.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Hospitalities pl. · 78% connection

of Hospitality

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
Hospitate verb · 78% connection

To receive hospitality; to be a guest.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inhospitable, inhospitableness, lack, hospitality.
Definition Compare
All dictionary tools

Explore Academic Dictionary

The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.

Dictionary Definitions and meanings Thesaurus Synonyms with nuance Academic writing Evidence and analysis Professional Workplace vocabulary Word origins Etymology and roots Subjects Specialist dictionaries Word clusters Connected vocabulary Word similarity Compare two words Crossword Play with vocabulary