OUTSPOKENNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The trait of being blunt and outspoken

Synonyms:

frankness; outspokenness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

communicativeness (the trait of being communicative)

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

bluffness (good-natured frankness)

Derivation:

outspoken (given to expressing yourself freely or insistently)

outspoken (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion)