straightforwardness

NOUN

candor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directness fairness frankness honesty outspokenness probity simplicity sincerity truthfulness

STRONG

artlessness forthrightness glasnost impartiality ingenuousness openness unequivocalness uprightness veracity

WEAK

guilelessness naïveté

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deceit dishonesty lying unfairness

WEAK

artifice deception falsehood guile

NOUN

honesty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

candor confidence fairness faithfulness frankness honor integrity loyalty morality probity rectitude responsibility self-respect sincerity trustworthiness veracity virtue

STRONG

bluntness conscientiousness equity fidelity genuineness goodness impeccability incorruptibility justness openness outspokenness plainness principle reputability right scrupulousness soundness straightness trustiness uprightness

WEAK

evenhandedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor disloyalty distrust evil falsehood immorality unfairness

STRONG

unjustness

WEAK

artifice cheating deceit deception duplicity fraud fraudulence lying treachery

NOUN

incorruptibility

Synonyms

STRONG

bluntness candor confidence conscientiousness equity fairness faithfulness fidelity frankness genuineness goodness honor honorableness impeccability integrity justness loyalty morality openness outspokenness plainness principle probity rectitude reputability responsibility right scrupulousness self-respect sincerity soundness straightness trustiness trustworthiness uprightness veracity virtue

WEAK

evenhandedness upstandingness

Antonyms

STRONG

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor disloyalty distrust evil falsehood immorality inconstancy inequity injustice lying partiality treachery unfairness unjustness wrong

NOUN

integrity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

honesty principle probity purity rectitude sincerity virtue

STRONG

candor forthrightness goodness honestness honorableness incorruptibility incorruption righteousness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deceit dishonesty

WEAK

corruption disgrace dishonor incompleteness

NOUN

simplicity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

candor clarity directness integrity modesty purity restraint unity

STRONG

chastity clearness ease easiness homogeneity ingenuousness innocence monotony naturalness obviousness openness plainness primitiveness severity singleness uniformity

WEAK

classicality clean lines elementariness guilelessness lack of adornment naïveté sophistication artlessness

Antonyms

WEAK

complexity complication difficultness difficulty

NOUN

upstandingness

Synonyms

WEAK

bluntness candor confidence conscientiousness equity evenhandedness fairness faithfulness fidelity frankness genuineness goodness honor honorableness impeccability incorruptibility integrity justness loyalty morality openness outspokenness plainness principle probity rectitude reputability responsibility right scrupulousness self-respect sincerity soundness straightness trustiness trustworthiness uprightness veracity virtue

Example Sentences

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Straightforwardness and genuine honesty are demanded; and all cant, hypocrisy, double dealing, shirking, and unreality are scathingly condemned.

From With Our Soldiers in France by Eddy, Sherwood

Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

Straightforwardness in word, thought, or action was to him as incomprehensible as it was impossible.

From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt

Honor and Straightforwardness A gesture outward from the chest and on the same level denotes the qualities of honor and straightforwardness.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.

Straightforwardness, honesty and rectitude marked all he did.

From Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Tatlow, Joseph

straightforwardness

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