English noun: straightness | |||
1. | straightness (attribute) (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl | ||
Broader (hypernym) | curvature, curve | ||
Antonyms | curliness, waviness | ||
2. | straightness (attribute) freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles | ||
Broader (hypernym) | configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape | ||
Antonyms | crookedness | ||
3. | straightness (attribute) trueness of course toward a goal | ||
Samples | Rivaling a hawk in directness of aim. | ||
Synonyms | directness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | characteristic | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | downrightness, immediacy, immediateness, pointedness, straightforwardness | ||
Attribute | direct, indirect | ||
Antonyms | indirectness | ||
4. | straightness (attribute) having honest intentions | ||
Samples | He acted in good faith. Doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants. | ||
Synonyms | good faith | ||
Broader (hypernym) | honestness, honesty | ||
5. | straightness (act) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex | ||
Synonyms | heterosexualism, heterosexuality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice | ||