Directness Synonyms and Antonyms

The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. candor
  2. candour
  3. candidness
  4. frankness
  5. forthrightness
Trueness of course toward a goal
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. straightness
  2. horizontalness
  3. lineality
  4. rectilinearity
Antonyms:
  1. indirectness

Words Related to Directness

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Directness Sentence Examples

  • His work, which extends from 1591 (1000) to 1659 (Iwo), contrasts strongly with that of the earlier historian, being written with great directness and lucidity, combined with much vigour and picturesqueness.

  • I have stated plainly what our grievances are, and I shall answer with equal directness the question, What do we want?

  • He tells his fable and draws the moral with businesslike directness and simplicity; his language is terse and clear, but thoroughly prosaic, though it occasionally attains a dignity bordering on eloquence.

  • Completely "useless" knowledge becomes impossible, though the uses of knowledge may still vary greatly in character, in directness, and in the extent and force of their appeal to different minds.

  • The things that each most admired in the other were selfreliance, directness, moral courage.

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