outspokenness

NOUN

candor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directness fairness frankness honesty probity simplicity sincerity truthfulness

STRONG

artlessness forthrightness glasnost impartiality ingenuousness openness straightforwardness 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 plainness principle reputability right scrupulousness soundness straightforwardness 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

honorableness

Synonyms

STRONG

bluntness candor confidence conscientiousness equity fairness faithfulness fidelity frankness genuineness goodness honor impeccability incorruptibility integrity justness loyalty morality openness

WEAK

evenhandedness plainnes

Antonyms

STRONG

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor disloyalty evil inconstancy inequity lying partiality treachery unfairness

NOUN

incorruptibility

Synonyms

STRONG

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

upstandingness

Synonyms

WEAK

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

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Clay’s outspokenness put his life at constant risk; he traveled with a set of pistols and a Bowie knife strapped to his chest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Ludmila Vasilyeva's outspokenness is an exception, not the rule.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

In early 1861, as the nation went to war against itself, Einhorn’s Jewish critics in Baltimore called a meeting to protest his outspokenness, which they feared might draw negative attention.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2025

But he was committed to his increasing outspokenness.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024

Stalin’s government hadn’t ever encouraged outspokenness among its citizens.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

outspokenness

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