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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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The straightforwardness of the process surprised her, but Madigan is now convinced she was the ideal actor to embody Gladys.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Her time in Parliament has been characterised by her straightforwardness and willingness to engage in controversial issues.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

Schrader films “She Said” with a bracing combination of straightforwardness and sensitivity, staging the most prurient details of Weinstein’s cases with somber restraint rather than salacious literalism.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022

Sen. Ben Cardin, Maryland Democrat, credited the bill’s straightforwardness as to why it was able to move so swiftly through both chambers of Congress.

From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2022

His fair hair, his blue eyes, his habit of looking you straight in the face with a pleasant air of straightforwardness.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie