Antonyms for straight
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : streyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : streɪt |
Definition of straight
Origin :- mid-14c., "direct, undeviating, not crooked," properly "that which is stretched," adjectival use of Old English streht (altered, by analogy with streccan, from earlier streaht), past participle of streccan "to stretch" (see stretch (v.)). Meaning "true, direct, honest" is from 1520s. Of communication, "clear, unambiguous," from 1862. Sense of "undiluted, uncompromising" (e.g. straight whiskey, 1874) is American English, first recorded 1856.
- Theatrical sense of "serious" (as opposed to popular or comic) is attested from 1895; vaudeville slang straight man first attested 1923. Go straight in the underworld slang sense is from 1919; straighten up "become respectable" is from 1907. Straight arrow "decent, conventional person" is 1969, from archetypal Native American brave name. To keep a straight face first recorded 1897; straight shooter is from 1928; straight-edge as a punk subculture is attested by 1987.
- adj aligned; not curved
- adj honest, fair
- adj orderly
- adj unmixed
- adj conventional, square
- adv immediately, directly
- adv honestly
- But I got him too straight—let a drunken man alone for telling the truth when he's got it in him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I certainly did need you to come along right now and set me straight.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The leader had gone with Joe Clune straight for the front car.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Straight to this sign Andrew walked and sat down at the table beneath it.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- She confronted him in her straight white gown and waited for him to speak.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Now look me straight in the eye, and answer me truly and honestly.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- It's the man with the guilty conscience who looks you straight in the eye.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- He took the straight road to her, and hastened on the way to her.
- Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
- And to think that chance led me from two thousand miles away, straight to him.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Here was speed, and with such stride—strong, and straight, and true!
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
Synonyms for straight
- aboveboard
- accurate
- arranged
- as the crow flies
- at once
- authentic
- away
- bald
- beeline
- blunt
- bourgeois
- buttoned-down
- candid
- candidly
- categorical
- collinear
- concentrated
- consecutive
- conservative
- continuous
- correct
- dead
- decent
- direct
- due
- equitable
- erect
- even
- exact
- exactly
- fair and square
- first off
- forthright
- forthwith
- frank
- frankly
- good
- honorable
- horizontal
- in a line
- in a row
- in direct line
- in line
- in order
- in plain English
- inflexible
- instanter
- instantly
- invariable
- just
- law-abiding
- level
- like an arrow
- lineal
- lineally
- linear
- moral
- near
- neat
- no holds barred
- no punches
- nonstop
- now
- organized
- orthodox
- out-and-out
- outright
- perpendicular
- plain
- plumb
- point-blank
- precipitous
- pure
- put to rights
- rectilineal
- rectilinear
- reliable
- respectable
- right
- right away
- running
- sheer
- shipshape
- short
- smooth
- solid
- sorted
- square
- straightaway
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightly
- strong
- successive
- summary
- thoroughgoing
- through
- tidy
- traditional
- true
- trustworthy
- unadulterated
- unbent
- unbroken
- uncurled
- undeviating
- undeviatingly
- undiluted
- undistorted
- uninterrupted
- unmodified
- unqualified
- unrelieved
- unswerving
- upright
- vertical
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