DIRECTNESS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

directness

noun

də-ˈrek(t)-nəs

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as in honesty

the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions his directness is much appreciated by his patients

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Recent Examples of directness The pace and directness of Williams and Ola Aina down either side were integral to Forest’s counter-attacking style under Cooper’s successor, Nuno Espirito Santo, as Forest finished seventh last season. —

Thom Harris, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2026 In the interim, entire scenes have absorbed her lessons about emotional directness without melodrama and club music that simultaneously thinks and feels, but often without matching her clarity or nerve. —

Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 24 Mar. 2026 It was simply presented, with a split screen between the actor onstage and the casting director in the audience, and the directness of the actors’ messages came through both to the nominees and to viewers. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026 Mangiapane appreciates the coach’s directness. —

Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for directness

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Miller also addresses contemporary politics, the recent presidential election and how honesty is in flux in our country.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Intellectual honesty requires acknowledging that the United States is not Weimar Germany or Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlement, where deadly pogroms against Jews were a regular feature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

— Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026