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- pronunciation:
- streIt
for
w
 rd
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
honest, frank, and trustworthy.
The interviewer was surprised at the politician's straightforward answers to her questions.The teacher was straightforward with the parents concerning their child's problem.Known as a fair and straightforward individual, he became a trusted leader in the community.- synonyms:
- direct, frank, honest, trustworthy
- antonyms:
- devious, evasive, indirect, serpentine, tricky
- similar words:
- bare, barefaced, candid, dependable, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, genuine, guileless, open, outspoken, plain, plump, reliable, sincere, straight, truthful
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| definition 2: |
free from ambiguity; clear; direct.
We had no trouble following her straightforward directions.- synonyms:
- clear, plain, unambiguous
- antonyms:
- complicated, difficult, involved, messy, mysterious, tortuous
- similar words:
- broad, direct, downright, evident, explicit, frank, limpid, manifest, obvious, plump, round, straight, trenchant, unequivocal, unmistakable
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| definition 3: |
moving, going, or directed in a straight course.
She went on a straightforward path toward her objective.- synonyms:
- direct, straight, straightaway
- antonyms:
- circuitous, devious, tortuous
- similar words:
- linear, true
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| related words: |
artless, bald, bluff, blunt, chaste, crude, down-to-earth, earthy, explicit, honest, ingenuous, lucid, outspoken, practical, tight, trustworthy |
adverb + (adj.)straightforward
altogether, anything, but, comparatively, equally, fairly, from, means, necessarily, perfectly, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, relatively, seemingly, typically, unusually, very
(adj.)straightforward
+ adverb
initially
(adj.)straightforward
+ noun
account,
accounting,
advice,
answer,
application,
approach,
calculation,
comparison,
composition,
depiction,
description,
dish,
equation,
explanation,
exposition,
extension,
fashion,
genetics,
implementation,
interface,
interior,
interpretation,
layout,
logic,
manner,
menu,
narration,
narrative,
observation,
prediction,
premise,
presentation,
proposition,
prose,
realism,
recipe,
repetition,
setup,
solution,
steak,
style,
task,
technique
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition: |
in a straightforward manner or course; straight ahead.
The receiver caught the ball in the clear and ran straightforward toward the goal.- synonyms:
- direct
- antonyms:
- circuitously
- similar words:
- straightly
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| related words: |
aboveboard, straight |
| derivations: |
straightforwardly (adv.), straightforwards (adv.), straightforwardness (n.) |
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