Synonyms for on the line
| Grammar : Adj, adv, noun |
| Spell : lahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : laɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for on the line Other synonyms for the word on the line
- aboveboard
- accident
- accurate
- actual
- artless
- assailable
- attackable
- beginning
- bluntly
- bona fide
- candidly
- caught
- center
- chance
- credible
- cutting-edge
- dead level
- dead on
- dead-level
- dear
- dependable
- devout
- direct
- directly
- double-trouble
- endangered
- endangerment
- ethical
- exposure
- factual
- faithful
- focus
- fore
- forepart
- forthrightly
- frank
- freely
- from the hip
- front
- guileless
- hands tied
- hazard
- high-principled
- honest
- honest to God
- in line of fire
- in truth
- indefensible
- insecurity
- just
- kosher
- laid on the line
- lead
- leading-edge
- legit
- level
- liability
- like a clay pigeon
- like a sitting duck
- like it is
- limelight
- meant
- naked
- natural
- no fooling
- no-nonsense
- on the level
- on the line
- on the spot
- on the up and up
- on up and up
- open
- openly
- out on a limb
- out on limb
- outspoken
- peril
- pigeon
- plain
- plainly
- poor
- precariousness
- pregnable
- pretensionless
- ready
- real
- regular
- reliable
- right
- righteous
- risk
- saintly
- sensitive
- serious
- sitting duck
- spearhead
- square
- state-of-the-art
- straight
- straight-arrow
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- strict
- sucker
- sure enough
- susceptible
- tender
- thin-skinned
- true
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- truthful
- twenty-four carat
- unaffected
- unarmed
- undeceptive
- undesigning
- undissembled
- unfeigned
- unguarded
- unpretentious
- unprotected
- unsafe
- up front
- up the creek
- up-front
- valid
- vanguard
- venture
- veridical
- vincible
- vulnerability
- weak
- wholehearted
- wide open
- without reserve
Définition of on the line
Origin :- late 14c., "to tie with a cord," from line (n.). Meaning "to mark or mark off with lines" is from mid-15c. Sense of "to arrange in a line" is from 1640s; that of "to join a line" is by 1773. To line up "form a line" is attested by 1889, in U.S. football.
- As in sincere : adj straightforward, honest
- As in veracious : adj TRUE
- As in vulnerable : adj open to attack
- As in pregnable : adj vulnerable
- As in vincible : adj vulnerable
- As in defenseless : adj powerless, vulnerable
- As in frankly : adv very honestly
- As in jeopardy : noun danger, trouble
- As in forefront/foreground : noun prominence
Antonyms for on the line
- assurance
- back
- background
- certainty
- closed
- counterfeit
- deceitful
- devious
- deviously
- dishonest
- dishonestly
- false
- flippant
- guarded
- insincere
- insincerely
- invalid
- plan
- powerful
- protected
- protection
- rear
- safe
- safety
- secretively
- secure
- strong
- surety
- tricky
- trivial
- unimportance
- unimportant
- unreal
- unserious
- unsusceptible
- untrue
- untrustworthy
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