directness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
trueness of course toward a goal
rivaling a hawk in directness of aim
Types & categories
- characteristic hypernym
- straightforwardness hyponym
- immediacy hyponym
- pointedness hyponym
Related & opposite
- indirectness antonym
- direct attribute
- indirect attribute
- straight derivation
- direct derivation
Sense 2 noun
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Types & categories
- honesty hypernym
- ingenuousness hyponym
Related & opposite
- direct derivation
- frank derivation
- heart-to-heart derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | indirectness |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | direct |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | indirect |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | straight |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | direct |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | characteristic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | straightforwardness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | immediacy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pointedness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | direct |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | frank |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | heart-to-heart |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | honesty |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ingenuousness |