Related Words for plainspoken

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WordSyllablesCategories
forthright
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
frank
/
Adverb, Name, Adjective, Verb
candid
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
direct
x/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
outspoken
//x
Verb, Adjective
blunt
/
Adjective, Adjective, Name, Verb
downright
/x
Adjective
plump
/
Adjective
ingenuous
x/xx
Adjective
straightforward
//x
Adjective
straight
/
Adjective
plain as day
///
Phrase, Adjective
succinct
x/
Adjective
freely
/x
Adverb
plain
/
Noun
up and down
///
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
monosyllabic
xxx/x
Adjective
aloud
x/
Adverb
stated
/x
Verb
vocal
/x
Adjective
verbal
/x
Adjective
outright
//
Adjective
terse
/
Noun
flat out
//
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
emphatic
x/x
Adjective
brutal
/x
Adjective
deadpan
/x
Adjective
pronounced
x/
Adjective
tongued
/
Adjective
declared
x/
Verb
flat
/
Adjective
expressive
x/x
Adjective
positive
/xx
Adjective
periphrastic
x//x
Adjective
blank
/
Noun
imperative
x/xx
Noun
sincere
x/
Adjective
honest
/x
Adjective
clipped
/
Adjective
just
/
Adverb
businesslike
/xx
Adjective
flippant
/x
Adjective
monotonic
/x/x
Adjective
articulate
x/xx
Adjective
offhand
//
Noun
in earnest
x/x
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
fronted
/x
Adjective
nonchalant
xx/
Adjective
canonical
x/xx
Adjective
in the raw
xx/
Phrase, Adjective
shrilly
/x
Adverb
summary
/xx
Noun
pure
/
Adjective
firsthand
x/
Noun
avowed
x/
Adjective
gentle
/x
Adjective
parsimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
brisk
/
Adjective
breezy
/x
Noun
right as rain
///
Phrase, Adjective
vociferous
x/xx
Adjective
controlled
x/
Adjective
abrupt
x/
Adjective
interlocutory
xx/xxx
Adjective
genteel
x/
Adjective
serious
/xx
Adjective
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
headlong
/x
Noun
tabulated
/xxx
Verb
rectilinear
/x/xx
Adjective
prudent
/x
Adjective
politic
/xx
Noun
style
/
Noun
man
/
Noun
woman
/x
Noun
manner
/x
Noun
way
/
Noun
affable
/xx
Adjective
approachable
x/xx
Adjective
arrogant
/xx
Adjective
bald
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
boastful
/x
Adjective
bombastic
x/x
Adjective
brash
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
cantankerous
x/xx
Adjective
fact
/
Noun
fearless
/x
Adjective
jocular
/xx
Adjective
nonsense
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
spoken
/x
Adjective
tactless
/x
Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
shirtless
/x
Adjective