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good-humouredness vs cheerfulness

cheerfulness vs good-humouredness

good-humouredness and cheerfulness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
good-humouredness Yes No No No
cheerfulness Yes No No No
As nouns, cheerfulness is a hypernym of good-humouredness; that is, cheerfulness is a word with a broader meaning than good-humouredness:
  • good-humouredness: a cheerful willingness to be obliging
  • cheerfulness: the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
Other hypernyms of good-humouredness include cheer, sunniness, sunshine.
good-humouredness (noun) cheerfulness (noun)
a cheerful willingness to be obliging the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
a feeling of spontaneous good spirits
Difference between good-humouredness and cheerfulness

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