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straightforward
Synonyms and Antonyms of straightforward
- a straightforward account of the football game with no digressions or personal comments
aboveboard, candid, frank, free-spoken, honest, open, openhearted, outspoken, plainspoken, unguarded, unreserved
abrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque (also brusk), curt, gruff, point-blank, sharp
- the missile continued on its straightforward path toward the enemy's command post
- I want you to be straightforward with me and tell me if this dress looks awful
artless, earnest, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, sincere, unaffected, undesigning, unpretending, unpretentious
outgoing, uninhibited, unrestrained
abrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque (also brusk), crusty, curt, gruff, sharp
impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, tactless, thoughtless, uncivil, undiplomatic, ungracious, unmannerly, unsubtle
- the distinction between the two types of offenses is pretty straightforward
apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, bright-line, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, ringing, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable
cognizable, cognoscible, comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandable
self-evident, self-explanatory
clean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicated
appreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangible
discernible (also discernable), noticeable, observable, visible
ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear
Synonyms and Antonyms of straightforward
- she finally told him straightforward that she wasn't interested in a date
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