straightness

Meaning

1. (countable) The result or product of being straight.
2. (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").

Synonyms

directness

uprightness

rectitude

correctness

evenness

fairness

candor

erectness

frankness

good faith

honesty

justness

straightforwardness

heterosexuality

heterosexualism

rectilinearity

instancy

perpendicular position

levelness

linear

linearity

open

par

parity

perpendicularity

probity

rectilinear

candour

rightness

sincerity

smoothness

soundness

squareness

steepness

straight direction

straight-line

candidness

downrightness

exactness

accuracy

fitness

flatness

honestness

eqauality

Translations

rectitud

droiture

derechura

doğruluk

honradez

Geradheit

rettitudine

rectitude

heterosexualitat

disposition rectiligne

rectitud

honnêteté

استقام

hétérosexualité

ευθυγραμμότητα

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: streightnes

Cognate with Scots: strauchtness

In summary

From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight + -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”).