straight

1. adjective

1)

a long, straight road

Syn:

unswerving, undeviating, linear, as straight as an arrow, uncurving, unbending

Ant:

winding, zigzag

2)

that picture isn't straight

Syn:

level, even, in line, aligned, square; vertical, upright, perpendicular; horizontal

Ant:

askew, crooked

3)

we must get the place straight

Syn:

in order, (neat and) tidy, neat, shipshape, orderly, spick-and-span, organized, arranged, sorted out, straightened out

Ant:

untidy, messy

4)

a straight answer

Syn:

honest, direct, frank, candid, truthful, sincere, forthright, straightforward, plain-spoken, blunt, straight from the shoulder, unequivocal, unambiguous; informal upfront

Ant:

indirect, evasive

5)

straight thinking

Syn:

logical, rational, clear, lucid, sound, coherent

Ant:

irrational, illogical

6)

three straight wins

Syn:

successive, in succession, consecutive, in a row, running

7)

straight brandy

Syn:

undiluted, neat, pure, straight up

Ant:

diluted

8) informal

she's very straight

Syn:

respectable, conventional, conservative, traditional, old-fashioned, straitlaced; informal stuffy, square, fuddy-duddy

2. adverb

1)

he looked me straight in the eyes

Syn:

right, directly, squarely, full; informal smack, bang, spang, smack dab

2)

she drove straight home

Syn:

directly, right, by a direct route

3)

I'll call you straight back

Syn:

right away, straightaway, immediately, directly, at once; archaic straightway

4)

I told her straight

Syn:

frankly, directly, candidly, honestly, forthrightly, plainly, point-blank, bluntly, flatly, straight from the shoulder, without beating about the bush, without mincing words, unequivocally, unambiguously, in plain English, to someone's face, straight up

5)

he can't think straight

Syn:

logically, rationally, clearly, lucidly, coherently, cogently

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- go straight

- straight away

- straight from the shoulder