straightness
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
Types & categories
- curvature hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
Related & opposite
- crookedness antonym
- straight derivation
- straight derivation
Sense 3 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 4 noun
having honest intentions
he acted in good faith
Types & categories
- honesty hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
Types & categories
- sexual activity hypernym
Related & opposite
- heterosexual derivation
- straight derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | waviness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | straight |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | curvature |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | crookedness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | straight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | straight |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | indirectness |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | direct |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | indirect |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | straight |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | direct |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | characteristic |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | straightforwardness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | immediacy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pointedness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | squarea |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | square |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | honesty |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | heterosexual |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | straight |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual activity |