Synonyms for straight-forward
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Simple — direct; forthright; frank; sincere
simple, honest, clear, easy, just, plain, straight, direct, obvious, unpretentious, unambiguous, downright, prosaic, unvarnished, fair, candid, ingenuous, lucid, square, unequivocal, dull, artless
Other
open-handed, exoteric, undissembled rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Direct; forthright; frank; sincere.
Related words
- Word family
- straightforwardly straightforwardness
- Is a kind of
- forward
- Other spellings
- straight forward straightforward
Example sentences
- straight After the meeting she headed straight to her desk.
- honest Say what you will, I think he is an honest person.
- obvious It seems fairly obvious that Tom isn't happy here.
- exoteric Crowdsourcing is an exoteric practice.
By length
- 4 letters
- just1, easy2, fair1, dull1
- 5 letters
- clear1, plain1, lucid2
- 6 letters
- simple2, direct2, square1, honest2, candid2
- 7 letters
- obvious3, prosaic3, artless
- 8 letters
- straight1, exoteric
- 9 letters
- downright2, ingenuous4
- 11 letters
- unambiguous5, unequivocal5, unvarnished3
- 12 letters
- undissembled
- 13 letters
- unpretentious4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy2 = 2 syllables).