Synonyms for Directness

Synonyms for "directness" (163 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Noun(5 words)

candor franknessblunt tonecandidness candour

appropriateness artlessness atticism austerity baldness bareness bluffness bluntness broadness brusqueness candidness candor chasteness chastity childlikeness clarity classicalism classicism clear-cutness clearness

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coherence comelinesscommon speechconnectedness consistency correctness crystallinity

Adjective(1 words)

assertive style

Strong matches (49)

definition dignity discrimination distinction distinctness ease elegance elegancy explicitness felicitousness felicity finish fittingness flatness flowflowing periodsfluency forthrightness frankness freedom

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freeness genuinenessgood tastegrace gracefulness gracility guilelessness homespun honesty horizontalnesshousehold wordsinartificiality ingenuousness innocence leanness limpidity lineality linearity luciditymatter-of-factnessnaiveness

Noun(8 words)

evidential immediacyforcefulness in discussionforthrightness immediacy incisiveness mediacymost directlymost forcefully

Related words (81)

naivete naivety naturalness neatness openheartedness openness outspokenness pellucidity perspicuityplain dealingplain englishplain speakingplain speechplain styleplain wordsplainness plainspokenness polish propriety prosaicness

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Noun(8 words)

openness plainnessplainness in languagestraightness transparency unembellishingunmediated evidenceunmediatedness

Adjective(1 words)

unornamented simplicity

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

9 entries

attribute characteristicdata attributeepistemic propertyevidence characteristicevidential qualityhonestness honesty quality

More specific

6 entries

candorfirsthand observationfrankness straightforwardnessunmediated dataunprocessed data

Collocations

5 entries

direct communicationdirect evidencedirect methoddirect responsedirect route

Inflections

1 entries

directnesses

Derivations

3 entries

direct directly indirectness

Antonyms

1 entries

indirectness

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I appreciate your directness.

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He was the ever-living Somali poet whose poetry addressed themes of love, kindness, national solidarity and uncompromising directness.

Source: tatoeba (11989293)

Directness has value in speech.

Source: tatoeba (12801717)

Her directness bordered on stupidity.

Source: tatoeba (13474935)

Directness