Synonyms of straightforwardness

straightforwardness

noun

as in honesty

the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions

not all of her voice students appreciate the straightforwardness with which she tells them that they're not going to make it as professional singers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honesty
• sincerity
• directness
• frankness
• forthrightness
• bluntness
• candidness
• candor
• openness
• outspokenness
• plainness
• simplicity
• earnestness
• unreserve
• plumpness
• openheartedness
• naïveté
• unguardedness
• unreservedness
• plainspokenness
• artlessness
• genuineness
• sobriety
• freedom
• communicativeness
• unsophistication
• unrestraint
• license
• uninhibitedness
• unrestrainedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissimulation
• indirection
• dissembling
• evasiveness
• secretiveness
• restraint
• reticence
• inhibition
• shyness
• reserve
• tact
• diplomacy
• circuitousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of straightforwardness

But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck. — Jay Peters, The Verge, 23 June 2026

On Monday morning, Starmer, whose resignation has appeared inevitable for some time, delivered the news with his customary straightforwardness. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Mary Gaitskill is particularly good at this ideal combination of straightforwardness and pithiness. — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026

Her question, in Lipe-Smith’s inquisitive piccolo of a voice, is heartbreaking in its blend of straightforwardness and desperate desire, as is her mother’s wavering response. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025