What are some opposite words for frankness?
Antonyms for frankness
ˈfræŋk nɪsfrank·ness
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term frankness.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
frankness
Truth is primarily and verity is always a quality of thought or speech, especially of speech, as in exact conformity to fact. Veracity is properly a quality of a person, the habit of speaking and the disposition to speak the truth; a habitual liar may on some occasions speak the truth, but that does not constitute him a man of veracity; on the other hand, a person of undoubted veracity may state (through ignorance or misinformation) what is not the truth. Truthfulness is a quality that may inhere either in a person or in his statements or beliefs. Candor, frankness, honesty, and ingenuousness are allied with veracity, and verity with truth, while truthfulness may accord with either. Truth in a secondary sense may be applied to intellectual action or moral character, in the former case becoming a close synonym of veracity; as, I know him to be a man of truth.
Compare synonyms for DECEPTION.
Antonyms:
deceit, deception, delusion, duplicity, error, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsity, fiction, guile, imposture, lie, mendacity, untruthSynonyms:
candor, honesty, ingenuousness, reality, truth, truthfulness, veracity, verity
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Princeton's WordNet
candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightnessnoun
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Synonyms:
fair-mindedness, forthrightness, candor, outspokenness, fairness, candour, directness, candidness, straightnessfrankness, outspokennessnoun
the trait of being blunt and outspoken
Synonyms:
candor, candour, forthrightness, outspokenness, candidness, directness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
franknessnoun
Synonyms:
candor, unreserve, ingenuousness
How to use frankness in a sentence?
He had a certain frankness and generosity, qualities indeed which turn to a man's ruin, unless tempered with discretion.
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.
I appreciate his honestness and his frankness, she has a lot of baggage and I worry that her baggage might cost us the election.
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