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Synonyms for straightforwardness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : streyt-fawr-werd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌstreɪtˈfɔr wərd |
Top 10 synonyms for straightforwardness Other synonyms for the word straightforwardness
- artlessness
- bluntness
- candor
- chastity
- classicality
- clean lines
- clearness
- confidence
- conscientiousness
- ease
- easiness
- elementariness
- equity
- evenhandedness
- faithfulness
- fidelity
- forthrightness
- genuineness
- glasnost
- goodness
- guilelessness
- homogeneity
- honestness
- honor
- honorableness
- impartiality
- impeccability
- incorruptibility
- incorruption
- ingenuousness
- innocence
- justness
- lack of adornment
- loyalty
- monotony
- morality
- naiveté
- naturalness
- obviousness
- openness
- plainness
- primitiveness
- purity
- rectitude
- reputability
- responsibility
- restraint
- right
- righteousness
- scrupulousness
- self-respect
- severity
- simplicity
- sincerity
- singleness
- sophistication artlessness
- soundness
- straightforwardness
- straightness
- trustiness
- trustworthiness
- truthfulness
- unequivocalness
- uniformity
- unity
- uprightness
- upstandingness
- veracity
- virtue
Définition of straightforwardness
Origin :- 1550s, from straight (adj.1) + forward. In reference to language, from 1806.
- As in integrity : noun honor, uprightness
- As in simplicity : noun absence of complication,
- As in candor : noun complete honesty
- As in incorruptibility : noun honesty
- As in upstandingness : noun honesty
- As in honesty : noun truthfulness, candidness
- He, thanking the Lacedaemonians for their straightforwardness, withdrew.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- She could not overlook the impression he conveyed of rugged honesty and straightforwardness.
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
- It has the same simplicity and straightforwardness as Greek sculpture.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- There is a boldness, a straightforwardness, an honesty in this challenge, which cannot be mistaken.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 » by Various
- He had learnt that honesty and straightforwardness get rid of any difficulties.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
- The straightforwardness of this passage is of a piece with the rest of the poem.
- Extract from : « The Last Poems of Ovid » by Ovid
- It may have been that my conscience was not quite clear as to my own straightforwardness in this matter.
- Extract from : « My Friend Smith » by Talbot Baines Reed
- It has the straightforwardness of the old-time story-teller.
- Extract from : « Saragossa » by Benito Prez Galds
- There was more honesty and straightforwardness in Mr. Spurgeon.
- Extract from : « Flowers of Freethought » by George W. Foote
- So far as this straightforwardness goes, he confers the benefits of virtue.
- Extract from : « Life Without and Life Within » by Margaret Fuller
Antonyms for straightforwardness
- artifice
- cheating
- complexity
- complication
- corruption
- deceit
- deception
- difficultness
- difficulty
- disgrace
- dishonesty
- dishonor
- disloyalty
- distrust
- duplicity
- evil
- falsehood
- fraud
- fraudulence
- guile
- immorality
- incompleteness
- inconstancy
- inequity
- injustice
- lying
- partiality
- treachery
- unfairness
- unjustness
- wrong
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