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Synonyms of straight in English:

straight


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adjective

1‘the aircraft continued on a straight course’

SYNONYMS
unswerving, undeviating, linear, direct, as straight as an arrow, uncurving, unbending
ANTONYMS

winding, zigzag

2‘one of us must have knocked that picture—it's not straight’

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level, even, true, in line, aligned, square, plumb, properly positioned
symmetrical
vertical, upright, perpendicular
horizontal
ANTONYMS

crooked, askew

3‘it'll take a long time to get the place straight’

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in order, tidy, neat and tidy, neat, shipshape, shipshape and Bristol fashion, in apple-pie order, orderly, spick and span, organized, arranged, sorted out, straightened out, trim, spruce
informal together
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untidy, messy

4‘a straight answer’

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honest, direct, frank, candid, truthful, sincere, forthright, straightforward, plain-spoken, plain-speaking, plain, blunt, downright, outspoken, straight from the shoulder, no-nonsense, unequivocal, unambiguous, unqualified, unvarnished
informal upfront
archaic round, free-spoken
ANTONYMS

indirect, evasive

5‘action is never effective without straight thinking’

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logical, rational, clear, lucid, sound, coherent, unemotional, dispassionate
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irrational, illogical

6‘three straight wins’

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successive, in succession, consecutive, in a row, one after the other
running, uninterrupted, solid, unbroken
informal on the trot

7‘straight brandy’

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undiluted, neat, unmixed, unadulterated, pure, unblended, uncut
North American informal straight up
ANTONYMS

diluted

8‘I was confused, I didn't know if I was gay or straight’

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heterosexual, hetero, het
ANTONYMS

gay, homosexual

9‘she won't stand for anything like that—she's too straight’

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respectable, upright, upstanding, honourable, honest, on the level, decent, right-minded, law-abiding
conventional, conservative, traditional, conformist, old-fashioned, strait-laced, unadventurous
informal stuffy, square, fuddy-duddy

adverb

1‘he looked me straight in the eyes’

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right, directly, squarely, full, plumb
informal smack, bang, slap bang
North American informal spang, smack dab

2‘she drove straight home’

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directly, right, by a direct route, without deviating, in a beeline
as the crow flies, by the shortest route

3‘I'll call you straight back’

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right away, straight away, without delay, immediately, directly, at once, as soon as possible, ASAP
tout de suite
informal toot sweet, before you can say Jack Robinson, before you can say knife
archaic straightway, instanter
ANTONYMS

later, eventually

4‘I told her straight that it was over’

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frankly, directly, straight out, candidly, honestly, forthrightly, outspokenly, plainly, point-blank, bluntly, flatly, roundly, straight from the shoulder, with no holds barred, without beating about the bush, without mincing words, unequivocally, unambiguously, in plain English, to someone's face
informal pulling no punches
British informal straight up

5‘he's so wound up over you he can't think straight’

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logically, rationally, clearly, lucidly, coherently, cogently, unemotionally, dispassionately
properly, correctly

Phrases

    straight from the shoulder

    ‘he spoke straight from the shoulder’


    SYNONYMS
    frankly, candidly, honestly, directly, forthrightly, bluntly, plainly, roundly, explicitly, outspokenly, unequivocally, unambiguously, with no holds barred, without beating about the bush, without mincing words, man to man, woman to woman
    informal pulling no punches
    ANTONYMS

    evasively

    straight away

    ‘okay, I'll get on to it straight away’


    SYNONYMS
    at once, right away, now, right now, that minute, this minute, that very minute, this very minute, that instant, this instant, immediately, instantly, in a flash, like a flash, directly, on the spot, forthwith, without further ado, without more ado, promptly, quickly, without delay, then and there, there and then, here and now, ASAP, as soon as possible, as quickly as possible, with all speed
    North American in short order
    tout de suite
    informal straight off, toot sweet, double quick, in double quick time, p.d.q., pretty damn quick, pronto, before you can say Jack Robinson, from the word go
    North American informal lickety-split
    Indian informal ekdam
    archaic straight, straightway, instanter, forthright
    ANTONYMS

    later, eventually

    go straight


    SYNONYMS
    reform, mend one's ways, turn over a new leaf, make a fresh start
    informal get back on the straight and narrow
    ANTONYMS

    reoffend