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Antonyms for plainspoken
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pleyn-spoh-kuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪnˈspoʊ kən |
Definition of plainspoken
Origin :- 1670s, from plain (adj.) + spoken.
- adj frank
- He had been a lover of the good, old, plainspoken stamp, about whom there had been no mistake.
- Extract from : « The Claverings » by Anthony Trollope
- Abdallah made a sign to the ferret-faced youth, and the latter fell back from the plainspoken major.
- Extract from : « The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill » by John T. McIntyre
- This undoubtedly was a bitter attack, and the plainspoken words used must have wounded Lowe intensely.
- Extract from : « The Tragedy of St. Helena » by Walter Runciman
Synonyms for plainspoken
- aboveboard
- apparent
- artless
- bare-faced
- blunt
- bold
- brazen
- call a spade a spade
- candid
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- forthright
- free
- from the hip
- guileless
- heart-to-heart
- honest
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- like it is
- man-to-man
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- natural
- open
- outright
- outspoken
- plain
- plain-spoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straight-out
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
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