English adjective: straight | |||
| 1. | straight successive (without a break) | ||
| Samples | Sick for five straight days. | ||
| Synonyms | consecutive | ||
| Similar | continuous, uninterrupted | ||
| Antonyms | noncontinuous, discontinuous | ||
| 2. | straight having no deviations | ||
| Samples | Straight lines. Straight roads across the desert. Straight teeth. Straight shoulders. | ||
| Similar | aligned, unbent, untwisted | ||
| See also | direct, perpendicular, vertical | ||
| Attribute | configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape | ||
| Antonyms | crooked | ||
| 3. | straight (of hair) having no waves or curls | ||
| Samples | Her naturally straight hair hung long and silky. | ||
| Similar | uncurled, unpermed | ||
| Attribute | curliness, waviness | ||
| Antonyms | curly | ||
| 4. | straight erect in posture | ||
| Samples | Sit straight. Stood defiantly with unbowed back. | ||
| Synonyms | unbent, unbowed | ||
| Similar | erect, upright, vertical | ||
| Antonyms | unerect | ||
| 5. | straight in keeping with the facts | ||
| Samples | Set the record straight. Made sure the facts were straight in the report. | ||
| Similar | accurate | ||
| Antonyms | inaccurate | ||
| 6. | straight characterized by honesty and fairness | ||
| Samples | Straight dealing. A square deal. | ||
| Synonyms | square | ||
| Similar | aboveboard, guileless, straightarrow, straightforward, transparent | ||
| See also | honest, honorable, lawful | ||
| Attribute | honestness, honesty | ||
| Antonyms | corrupt, crooked | ||
| 7. | straight no longer coiled | ||
| Synonyms | uncoiled | ||
| Similar | uncurled | ||
| Antonyms | coiled | ||
| 8. | straight free from curves or angles | ||
| Samples | A straight line. | ||
| Similar | trabeate, trabeated, uncurved, uncurving | ||
| Antonyms | curved, curving | ||
| 9. | straight neatly arranged; not disorderly | ||
| Samples | The room is straight now. | ||
| Similar | tidy | ||
| Antonyms | untidy | ||
| 10. | straight not homosexual | ||
| Similar | heterosexual | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| Antonyms | bisexual, homosexual | ||
| 11. | straight accurately fitted; level | ||
| Samples | The window frame isn't quite true. | ||
| Synonyms | true | ||
| Similar | even | ||
| Antonyms | uneven | ||
| 12. | straight without evasion or compromise | ||
| Samples | A square contradiction. He is not being as straightforward as it appears. | ||
| Synonyms | square, straightforward | ||
| Similar | direct | ||
| Antonyms | indirect | ||
| 13. | straight without water | ||
| Samples | Took his whiskey neat. | ||
| Synonyms | full-strength, neat | ||
| Similar | undiluted | ||
| Antonyms | dilute, diluted | ||
| 14. | straight following a correct or logical method | ||
| Samples | Straight reasoning. | ||
| Similar | correct, right | ||
| Antonyms | incorrect, wrong | ||
| 15. | straight rigidly conventional or old-fashioned | ||
| Synonyms | square | ||
| Similar | conventional | ||
| Domain usage | argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular | ||
| Antonyms | unconventional | ||
English noun: straight | |||
| 1. | straight (person) a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex | ||
| Synonyms | heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fucker | ||
| 2. | straight (group) a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | poker hand | ||
| 3. | straight (artifact) a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse | ||
| Synonyms | straightaway | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | section, segment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stretch | ||
English adverb: straight | |||
| 1. | straight without deviation | ||
| Samples | The path leads directly to the lake. Went direct to the office. | ||
| Synonyms | direct, directly | ||
| 2. | straight in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | ||
| Samples | He didn't answer directly. Told me straight out. Came out flat for less work and more pay. | ||
| Synonyms | directly, flat | ||
| Antonyms | indirectly | ||
| 3. | straight in a straight line; in a direct course | ||
| Samples | The road runs straight. | ||