FORTHRIGHTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forthrightness mean? 

• FORTHRIGHTNESS (noun)
  The noun FORTHRIGHTNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

  Familiarity information: FORTHRIGHTNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORTHRIGHTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

candidness; candor; candour; directness; forthrightness; frankness

Hypernyms ("forthrightness" is a kind of...):

honestness; honesty (the quality of being honest)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forthrightness"):

ingenuousness (openly straightforward or frank)

Derivation:

forthright (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion)