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Synonyms & Antonyms of forthright
1
free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions
- she sometimes was a little too forthright for her own good and ended up saying things that inadvertently offended people
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- artless,
- earnest,
- guileless,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- naive
- (or naïve),
- natural,
- real,
- sincere,
- unaffected,
- undesigning,
- unpretending,
- unpretentious
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2
going straight to the point clearly and firmly
- I appreciate your forthright explanation of the situation
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The first known use of forthright was before the 12th century
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