Entry Word: straight

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 free from irregularities (as curves, bends, or angles) in course <in the wide, open spaces of the West some rural roads are incredibly straight>

Synonyms linear, right, straightaway, straightforward

Related Words unbent, uncurled, untwisted; direct, undeviating, unswerving

Near Antonyms bowed, rounded; entwined, kinked, swirled, turned, turning, twined, twining, twisted, twisting, veering, warped; bending, coiled, coiling, corkscrew, curled, curling, curved, curving, looped, looping, spiral, spiraling (or spiralling), winding; meandering, weaving; devious, serpentine, sinuous, zigzag, zigzagging

Antonyms crooked

2 conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue <a store owner known and trusted for his straight dealings> — see good 2
3 free from added matter <Grandma canʼt stand prune juice straight and usually mixes it with orange juice> — see pure 1
4 free in expressing oneʼs true feelings and opinions <itʼs easier to be straight with your peers> — see frank
5 going straight to the point clearly and firmly <a politician who can never give a straight answer to questions about his positions> — see straightforward 1
6 not having one's mind affected by alcohol <an alcoholic whoʼs been straight for almost eight months now> — see sober 1