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Synonyms & Antonyms of plainspoken
free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions
- a plainspoken woman who never hesitated to speak the unvarnished truth
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Words Related to plainspoken
- artless,
- earnest,
- guileless,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- naive
- (or naïve),
- natural,
- real,
- sincere,
- unaffected,
- undesigning,
- unpretending,
- unpretentious
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“Plainspoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plainspoken. Accessed 26 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of plainspoken was in 1678
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