directness
Straight to point
Directness is the quality of being straightforward and getting to the point without evasion or unnecessary elaboration.
Someone with directness says what they mean: I appreciated her directness about the project's problems.
The trait can be refreshing or off-putting depending on context—valued in business communication, sometimes perceived as blunt or rude in social situations.
Quality of being unambiguous
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- lucidityClearness of mind
- simplicityLack of complexity
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
intelligibility · conciseness · brevity · articulation · plainness · straightforwardness · clear-cut · black-and-white
Directly honest in manner
- candidHonest and direct
- frankOpen and direct
- openNot closed
- unreservedNot held back
outspoken · plain-spoken · unvarnished · upfront · straightforward · guileless · ingenuous · transparent
Abrupt and dismissive
short · snappy · rough · sharp · incisive · pointed · harsh · impolite
Habit of not lying
- sincerityHonest, unfeigned genuineness
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- genuinenessQuality of being real
veracity · trustworthiness · uprightness · forthrightness · earnestness · honor · probity · truthful
explicitness
Quality of being unambiguous
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- lucidityClearness of mind
- simplicityLack of complexity
coherence · intelligibility · conciseness · brevity · articulation · plainness · straightforwardness · clear-cut · black-and-white · crystal-clear
forthright
Directly honest in manner
unreserved · outspoken · plain-spoken · unvarnished · upfront · straightforward · guileless · ingenuous · transparent · uninhibited
brusque
Abrupt and dismissive
terse · short · snappy · rough · sharp · incisive · pointed · harsh · impolite · tactless
truthfulness
Habit of not lying
- sincerityHonest, unfeigned genuineness
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
genuineness · veracity · trustworthiness · uprightness · forthrightness · earnestness · honor · probity · truthful · sincere
- assertivenessassertiveness, boldness, speaking up, firmness, confidence
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- Blunt honestyblunt, candid, frank, honest, forthright
- brevitybrevity, concise, succinct, terse, pithy
- candorfrankness, bluntness, candor, straightforwardness, openness
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
directnessindirectness
Lack of straightforwardness
circuitousness · evasiveness · circumlocution · obliqueness · indirection
directnessdeception
Intentional misleading of others
dishonesty · deceit · dissimulation · dissembling · duplicity
directnessreserve
Supply kept back
reticence · inhibition · shyness · guardedness · circumspection