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- [streyt]
- /streɪt/
- /streɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [streyt]
- /streɪt/
Definitions of straight word
- adjective straight without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path. 1
- adjective straight exactly vertical or horizontal; in a perfectly vertical or horizontal plane: a straight table. 1
- adjective straight (of a line) generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point. 1
- adjective straight evenly or uprightly formed or set: straight shoulders. 1
- adjective straight without circumlocution; frank; candid: straight speaking. 1
- adjective straight honest, honorable, or upright, as conduct, dealings, methods, or persons. 1
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Origin of straight
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (adj.) Middle English; orig. past participle of strecchen to stretch; (adv. and noun) Middle English, derivative of the adj.
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Parts of speech for Straight
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
straight popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
straight usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for straight
adj straight
- above board — An arrangement or deal that is above board is legal and is being carried out honestly and openly.
- aboveboard — An arrangement or deal that is aboveboard is legal and is being carried out openly and honestly. A person who is aboveboard is open and honest about what they are doing.
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
- accumbent — (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
adv straight
- as the crow flies — If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
- at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
- blatantly — Blatantly is used to add emphasis when you are describing states or situations which you think are bad.
- bluntly — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
- brazenly — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
noun straight
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
- enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
adverb straight
- artlessly — In an artless manner.
- bang — If something bangs, it makes a sudden loud noise, once or several times.
- evenly — So as to make flat.
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
adjective straight
- beeline — the most direct route between two places (esp in the phrase make a beeline for)
- candid — When you are candid about something or with someone, you speak honestly.
- coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- enforcible — Capable of being enforced.
Antonyms for straight
adj straight
- abnormal — Someone or something that is abnormal is unusual, especially in a way that is worrying.
- agee — awry, crooked, or ajar
- akimbo — with hands on hips and elbows bent outward
- all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
- all over the map — changeable
adv straight
- anywise — in any way or manner; at all
- at random — If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.
- helter-skelter — in headlong and disorderly haste: The children ran helter-skelter all over the house.
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- incontinently — immediately; at once; straightaway.
verb straight
- distort — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- gnarl — a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- gnarling — a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- mis-shaped — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- whirligig — something that whirls or revolves.
adjective straight
- acclivous — Sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- askew — Something that is askew is not straight or not level with what it should be level with.
- awry — If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way it was planned.
- bandy — If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them.
adverb straight
- incautiously — In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution.
- indirectly — not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
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