straightforward

Speech parts

1. straightforward - Adjective

2. straightforward - Adverb

4. straightforward - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.

In a straightforward manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

straight frank open simple clear direct square easy plain honest intelligible forthright candid ingenuous unambiguous
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Antonyms

pharisee ham machiavellian earwig difficult complex
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Phrases with the word

be straightforward fairly straightforward not straightforward more straightforward less straightforward be straightforward about

Examples

We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind. Charles Cooley

[O]ne could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive. C. Wright Mills

For a time I would feel I belonged still to a world of straightforward facts; but the feeling would not last long. Something would turn up to scare it away. Joseph Conrad

A blind horse goes straightforward. German Proverb

Be straightforward in all your dealing and noble with strangers. Icelandic Proverb

A straightforward word is bitter. Turkish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

straightfacedly straightfolk straightforth straightforward order straightforward person straightforwardly