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Synonyms for directness
di·rect·ness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
directness
Synonyms:
brevity, compactness, compression, conciseness, condensation, plainness, shortness, succinctness, tersenessAntonyms:
circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness
Princeton's WordNet
directness, straightnessnoun
trueness of course toward a goal
"rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
Synonyms:
frankness, good faith, forthrightness, candor, candour, heterosexualism, candidness, heterosexuality, straightnessAntonyms:
indirectnesscandor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightnessnoun
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Synonyms:
fair-mindedness, forthrightness, candor, outspokenness, frankness, fairness, candour, candidness, straightnessAntonyms:
indirectness
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5864 | compression | |
#13198 | fairness | |
#24556 | condensation | |
#37781 | shortness | |
#41093 | brevity | |
#46855 | candor | |
#59430 | compactness | |
#85657 | frankness | |
#89059 | heterosexuality | |
#93289 | directness | |
#118700 | candour | |
#126405 | straightness | |
#141473 | conciseness | |
#177315 | bluntness | |
#190108 | plainness | |
#240992 | forthrightness | |
#273774 | outspokenness | |
#305389 | succinctness |
How to use directness in a sentence?
He was a wonderful actor with a long and distinguished career in film, television and theatre and was respected as a man of directness, sincerity, and honesty.
Health conscious adults are encouraged to work actively to improve their sense of meaning in life and goal directness.
But, on the other hand, I think if I go beyond the consideration, I'll count on the good wisdom and directness of my mom to help me communicate directly with people. She's pretty good at that.
I have spent the last six months exploring ways of creating volume through pattern cutting and manipulation so that each garment holds its own shape with no hidden support, the idea of pieces holding their own shape has a directness that has come to inform everything about this show.
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