straightness

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noun

The result or product of being straight.

Similar
rectilinearityrectitudeheterosexualitydirectnessgood faithheterosexualism
Opposite
gaynesscurlinesscrookedness
OriginMiddle English streightnes →
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Meanings

nounstraightness (countable and uncountable, plural straightnesses)

plural straightnesses

  1. countableThe result or product of being straight.

    Synonyms: rectilinearity, rectitude

  2. uncountableThe state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").

    Synonyms: heterosexuality · Antonyms: gayness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe result or product of being straight.

Similar
rectilinearityrectitude

nounThe state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").

Similar
heterosexuality
Opposite
gayness

More synonyms by meaning

noun(of hair) lack of a tendency to curl

Opposite
curliness
Broader
curvaturecurve

nounfreedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles

Opposite
crookedness
Broader
shapeformconfiguration

nountrueness of course toward a goal

Similar
directness
Broader
characteristic

nounhaving honest intentions

Similar
good faith
Broader
honestyhonestness

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

Similar
heterosexualityheterosexualism
Broader
sexual activitysexual practicesex
Also see
directnessgood faithheterosexualismheterosexualityrectitude

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishstreightnes
  2. Englishstraightness

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

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Cite this entry
APA

straightness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straightness

MLA

“straightness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straightness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “straightness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straightness.

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