as in honest
free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions
a newspaper columnist who has been very outspoken on a number of controversial issues
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Recent Examples of outspoken
The shift was driven in part by a handful of outspoken trans celebrities.
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
Son was the reserved type of skipper who preferred to lead by example on the pitch rather than by making rousing speeches, but Romero is an outspoken and fearless character.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Blaire is an outspoken college student who often finds herself at odds with her more traditional-minded relatives.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
But taken together, the records illustrate how major corporate leaders, organized labor, donors and political heavyweights have enjoyed direct access to the governor during a year of consequential policy turns — even as some of the most outspoken public-interest advocates were left out of the room.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
Son was the reserved type of skipper who preferred to lead by example on the pitch rather than by making rousing speeches, but Romero is an outspoken and fearless character.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Blaire is an outspoken college student who often finds herself at odds with her more traditional-minded relatives.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
But taken together, the records illustrate how major corporate leaders, organized labor, donors and political heavyweights have enjoyed direct access to the governor during a year of consequential policy turns — even as some of the most outspoken public-interest advocates were left out of the room.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outspoken
Adjective
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Sharing the video felt like a way to acknowledge that reality in an honest way.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Most Americans are good, honest, hardworking Americans who want to make their country a better place.—
Tony Dokoupil,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Beijing is also candid — if selectively so — about its interest in strategic resources.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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Bird shared a candid carousel of photos from a fun night with friends, featuring her girlfriend by her side.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The frank tone of the letter that carefully picked apart the plan proved a common feature of Jaworski’s time at City Hall.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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But do the hierarchy want another frank agitator in Maresca, having been sufficiently chastened by Amorim’s semi-regular public declarations?—
Peter South,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The responses in Bug are very vocal and that is a lot of fun.—
Juan A. Ramírez,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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Hopefuls are judged on musical performance, song choice, vocal abilities, costuming, crowd appeal and authenticity in portraying the real-life Gold Rush character Klondike Kate.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Jan. 2026
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Her debut poetry collection is forthcoming with House of Anansi in April 2027 and her book of co-translated poems JAWS by Xitlalitl Rodríguez Mendoza is forthcoming with Cardboard House Press in April 2026.—
© Adri Montes,
Hazlitt,
11 Jan. 2026
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Whittled down from 5,000 to 200 stories, the final draft of her forthcoming project will be bound together with Hunt's favorite submissions from Tiny Kindness.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 2026
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And Hefner was expansive, social, forthright—a national institution—not to mention a very likable guy, and as close to middle-class respectability as a person who wore pajamas instead of clothes and regularly participated in orgies could be.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Benjaminsen credited Prime Minister Frederiksen for being more forthright about the colonial past.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Outspoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outspoken. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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