Synonyms for forthright
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Honest — frank, outspoken
honest, frank, outspoken, plain-spoken, candid, blunt, incisive, direct, simple, free-spoken, plain, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder, sincere, ingenuous, artless, downright, unreserved
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Frank, outspoken.
Related words
- Word family
- forthrightly forthrightness
Example sentences
- frank Americans are frank enough to say what they think.
- honest Say what you will, I think he is an honest person.
- outspoken For a Japanese woman, Miyu is unusually outspoken.
By length
- 5 letters
- frank1, plain1, blunt1
- 6 letters
- simple2, direct2, honest2, candid2
- 7 letters
- sincere2, artless
- 8 letters
- incisive3
- 9 letters
- outspoken3, downright2, ingenuous4
- 10 letters
- unreserved
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (simple2 = 2 syllables).