Synonyms for straight

Synonyms for (noun) straight

Synonyms: straight, straightaway

Definition: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

Similar words: section, segment

Definition: one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

Usage: a section of a fishing rod; metal sections were used below ground; finished the final segment of the road


Synonyms: straight

Definition: a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

Similar words: poker hand

Definition: the 5 cards held in a game of poker


Synonyms: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight, straight person

Definition: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual

Definition: a human being

Usage: there was too much for one person to do


Synonyms for (adj) straight

Synonyms: straight

Definition: in keeping with the facts

Usage: set the record straight; made sure the facts were straight in the report

Similar words: accurate

Definition: conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy

Usage: an accurate reproduction; the accounting was accurate; accurate measurements; an accurate scale


Synonyms: straight, consecutive

Definition: successive (without a break)

Usage: sick for five straight days

Similar words: uninterrupted, continuous

Definition: continuing in time or space without interruption

Usage: a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light- James Jeans; a continuous bout of illness lasting six months; lived in continuous fear; a continuous row of warehouses; a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it; moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks


Synonyms: straight, square

Definition: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

Similar words: conventional

Definition: unimaginative and conformist

Usage: conventional bourgeois lives; conventional attitudes


Synonyms: straight

Definition: following a correct or logical method

Usage: straight reasoning

Similar words: right, correct

Definition: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

Usage: the correct answer; the correct version; the right answer; took the right road; the right decision


Synonyms: full-strength, straight, neat

Definition: without water

Usage: took his whiskey neat

Similar words: undiluted

Definition: not diluted

Usage: undiluted milk; an undiluted racial strain


Synonyms: square, straight, straightforward

Definition: without evasion or compromise

Usage: a square contradiction; he is not being as straightforward as it appears

Similar words: direct

Definition: straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

Usage: a direct question; a direct response; a direct approach


Synonyms: straight, true

Definition: accurately fitted; level

Usage: the window frame isn't quite true

Similar words: even

Definition: being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)

Usage: an even application of varnish; an even floor; the road was not very even; the picture is even with the window


Synonyms: straight

Definition: (of hair) having no waves or curls

Usage: her naturally straight hair hung long and silky

Similar words: uncurled

Definition: not having been curled


Similar words: unpermed

Definition: not having had a permanent wave

Usage: smooth glossy unpermed hair


Synonyms: straight

Definition: not homosexual

Similar words: heterosexual

Definition: sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex


Synonyms: unbent, unbowed, straight

Definition: erect in posture

Usage: sit straight; stood defiantly with unbowed back

Similar words: erect, upright, vertical

Definition: upright in position or posture

Usage: an erect stature; erect flower stalks; for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression; a column still vertical amid the ruins; he sat bolt upright


Synonyms: straight

Definition: having no deviations

Usage: straight lines; straight roads across the desert; straight teeth; straight shoulders

Similar words: aligned

Definition: in a straight line

Usage: pearly teeth evenly aligned


Similar words: unbent

Definition: not bent

Usage: looking for an unbent nail; trees with straight unbent trunks make the best lumber


Similar words: untwisted

Definition: not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight


Synonyms: straight

Definition: free from curves or angles

Usage: a straight line

Similar words: trabeate, trabeated

Definition: not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches)


Similar words: uncurved, uncurving

Definition: having no curves


Synonyms: straight, uncoiled

Definition: no longer coiled

Similar words: uncurled

Definition: not curled

Usage: lay uncurled on the bed


Synonyms: straight, square

Definition: characterized by honesty and fairness

Usage: straight dealing; a square deal

Similar words: straightforward, aboveboard

Definition: without concealment or deception; honest

Usage: their business was open and aboveboard; straightforward in all his business affairs


Similar words: transparent, guileless

Definition: free of deceit


Similar words: straightarrow

Definition: conventionally moral and upright


Synonyms: straight

Definition: neatly arranged; not disorderly

Usage: the room is straight now

Similar words: tidy

Definition: marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits

Usage: a tidy person; a tidy house; a tidy mind


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