STRAIGHTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does straightness mean? 

• STRAIGHTNESS (noun)
  The noun STRAIGHTNESS has 5 senses:

1. (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl

2. freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles

3. trueness of course toward a goal

4. having honest intentions

5. a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

  Familiarity information: STRAIGHTNESS used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRAIGHTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of hair) lack of a tendency to curl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

curvature; curve (the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface)

Antonym:

curliness ((of hair) a tendency to curl)

Derivation:

straight ((of hair) having no waves or curls)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))

Antonym:

crookedness (having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles)

Derivation:

straight (having no deviations)

straight (free from curves or angles)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Trueness of course toward a goal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

directness; straightness

Context example:

rivaling a hawk in directness of aim

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

characteristic (a distinguishing quality)

Attribute:

direct (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short)

indirect (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination)

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

downrightness; straightforwardness (the quality of being direct and straightforward)

immediacy; immediateness (lack of an intervening or mediating agency)

pointedness (the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing)

Derivation:

straight (following a correct or logical method)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Having honest intentions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

good faith; straightness

Context example:

doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants

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

honestness; honesty (the quality of being honest)

Derivation:

straight (without evasion or compromise)

straight (characterized by honesty and fairness)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

heterosexualism; heterosexuality; straightness

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

sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)

Derivation:

straight (not homosexual)