Definition for Directness:

• trueness of course toward a goal; " rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"

Synonyms for Directness:

• n.

  •articulation (noun)
  • eloquence,
  • diction,
  • articulation,
  • enunciation,
  • succinctness,
  • lucidity.
  •artlessness (noun)
  • callowness,
  • candidness,
  • bluntness,
  • artlessness,
  • naturalness,
  • plain-spokenness,
  • genuineness,
  • unartfulness,
  • frankness,
  • trust,
  • unaffectedness,
  • openness,
  • unsophistication,
  • naivete,
  • sincerity,
  • un-artificiality,
  • broadness,
  • honesty.
  •attribute (noun)
  • straightness,
  • directness.
  •candor (noun)
  • impartiality,
  • fairness,
  • simplicity,
  • uprightness,
  • probity.
  •clarity (noun)
  • brightness,
  • exactitude,
  • articulateness,
  • transparency,
  • definition,
  • distinctness,
  • palpability,
  • tangibility,
  • prominence,
  • accuracy,
  • precision,
  • certainty.
  •freedom (noun)
  • readiness,
  • forwardness,
  • Freedoms,
  • boldness,
  • Familiarity,
  • lack of reserve,
  • brazenness,
  • spontaneity,
  • abandon,
  • presumption,
  • laxity,
  • ease,
  • license,
  • impertinence,
  • unconstraint,
  • overfamiliarity,
  • facility,
  • disrespect,
  • informality,
  • lack of restraint.
  •simplicity (noun)
  • primitiveness,
  • homogeneity,
  • modesty,
  • restraint,
  • monotony,
  • refinement,
  • Elementariness,
  • chastity,
  • severity,
  • singleness,
  • unity,
  • integrity,
  • spareness,
  • easiness,
  • baldness,
  • terseness,
  • Classicality,
  • clearness,
  • sophistication artlessness,
  • clean lines,
  • crystallinity,
  • lack of adornment,
  • bareness,
  • innocence,
  • uniformity,
  • austerity.
  •straightness (noun)
  • perpendicularity,
  • plumb line,
  • Bee line.
  •succinctness (noun)
  • starkness,
  • ordinariness,
  • casualness,
  • unpretentiousness,
  • folksiness,
  • matter-of-factness.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • candor,
  • clarity,
  • comprehensibility,
  • conspicuousness,
  • evidence,
  • exactness,
  • explicitness,
  • forthrightness,
  • freedom,
  • glasnost,
  • ingenuousness,
  • intelligibility,
  • legibility,
  • limpidity,
  • obviousness,
  • outspokenness,
  • pellucidity,
  • pellucidness,
  • penetrability,
  • perceptibility,
  • perspicuity,
  • perspicuousness,
  • plainness,
  • purity,
  • salience,
  • straightforwardness,
  • truthfulness,
  • unambiguity,
  • unequivocalness,
  • veracity,
  • Limpidness,
  • Lucidness,
  • Manifestness,
  • guilelessness,
  • decipherability,
  • explicability,
  • overtness,
  • unmistakability,
  • cognizability.

Paraphrases for Directness:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    frankness.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    candour.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    candor, forthrightness, honesty, franchise, sincerity, openness, deductible.

Antonyms for Directness:

• n.

  • attribute
    indirectness.
  • candor
    guile, dishonesty, artifice, deception, falsehood, unfairness, lying, deceit.
  • clarity
    obscurity, unintelligiblity, dirtiness, inaccuracy.
  • freedom
    confinement, suppression, servitude, communism, government, reserve, slavery, imprisonment, restriction, difficulty, limitation, subordination, humility, subjection, restraint, incarceration, captivity.
  • limpidity
    ambiguity, imprecision, inexactness.
  • simplicity
    complexity, complication, difficultness.
  • Other antonyms:
    dissimulation, shyness, indirection, diplomacy, inhibition, reticence, circuitousness, evasiveness, dissembling, secretiveness, tact.

Directness Sentence Examples:

• But at the moment, although he had been prepared for and had braced himself against something of this nature, he was nevertheless overcome by the absolute and fearless directness of her speech.

• But the style has the directness and sincerity of all his writings.

Homophones for Directness:

• dressed to the nines, directing.

Hypernym for Directness:

• n.

  • attribute
    immediacy, downrightness, pointedness, straightforwardness, immediateness.

Hyponym for Directness:

• n.

  • attribute
    characteristic.