straight
1. a heterosexual person;
someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
• Syn:
heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person
• Derivationally related forms:
heterosexual (for: heterosexual)
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
• Hyponyms:
fucker
2. a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
• Hypernyms:
poker hand
3. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
• Syn:
straightaway
• Hypernyms:
section, segment
• Hyponyms:
stretch
1. successive (without a break) (Freq. 10)
- sick for five straight days
• Syn:
consecutive
• Similar to:
continuous, uninterrupted
2. having no deviations (Freq. 6)
- straight lines
- straight roads across the desert
- straight teeth
- straight shoulders
• Ant:
crooked
• Similar to:
aligned, unbent, untwisted
• See Also:
direct, vertical, perpendicular
• Derivationally related forms:
straightness
• Attrubites:
shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
3. (of hair) having no waves or curls (Freq. 5)
- her naturally straight hair hung long and silky
• Ant:
curly
• Similar to:
uncurled, unpermed
• Derivationally related forms:
straightness
• Attrubites:
curliness, waviness
4. erect in posture (Freq. 2)
- sit straight
- stood defiantly with unbowed back
• Syn:
unbent, unbowed
• Similar to:
erect, vertical, upright
5. in keeping with the facts (Freq. 1)
- set the record straight
- made sure the facts were straight in the report
• Similar to:
accurate
6. characterized by honesty and fairness
- straight dealing
- a square deal
• Syn:
square
• Ant:
crooked
• Similar to:
aboveboard, straightforward, guileless, transparent, straightarrow
• See Also:
honest, honorable, lawful
• Derivationally related forms:
straightness
• Attrubites:
honesty, honestness
7. no longer coiled
• Syn:
uncoiled
• Ant:
coiled (for: uncoiled)
• Similar to:
uncurled
8. free from curves or angles
- a straight line
• Ant:
curved
• Similar to:
trabeated, trabeate, uncurved, uncurving
• Derivationally related forms:
straightness
9. neatly arranged;
not disorderly
- the room is straight now
• Similar to:
tidy
10. not homosexual
• Similar to:
heterosexual
• Derivationally related forms:
straightness
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
11. accurately fitted;
level
- the window frame isn't quite true
• Syn:
true
• Similar to:
even
12. without evasion or compromise
- a square contradiction
- he is not being as straightforward as it appears
• Syn:
square, straightforward
• Similar to:
direct
• Derivationally related forms:
straightness, straightforwardness (for: straightforward)
13. without water
- took his whiskey neat
• Syn:
neat, full-strength
• Similar to:
undiluted
14. following a correct or logical method
- straight reasoning
• Similar to:
correct, right
• Derivationally related forms:
straightness
15. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
• Syn:
square
• Similar to:
conventional
• Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
1. without deviation (Freq. 14)
- the path leads directly to the lake
- went direct to the office
• Syn:
directly, direct
• Derived from adjective:
direct (for: directly)
2. in a forthright manner;
candidly or frankly (Freq. 7)
- he didn't answer directly
- told me straight out
- came out flat for less work and more pay
• Syn:
directly, flat
• Ant:
indirectly (for: directly)
• Derived from adjective:
direct (for: directly)
3. in a straight line;
in a direct course (Freq. 1)
- the road runs straight
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