Definition of straight

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straight - 22 definitions

- noun
1. heterosexual -- a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
synonyms: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. straight -- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. straightaway -- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
synonyms: straightaway
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
4. straight, straight -- to make straight
synonyms: straights, straighted, straighter, straightest, straighting, richt, straicht, straucht, straught
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
5. straight -- successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"
synonyms: consecutive
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. straight -- having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
antonyms: crooked -- having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. straight -- (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
antonyms: curly -- (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. straight -- erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
synonyms: unbent, unbowed
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. straight -- in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. straight -- characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"
synonyms: square
antonyms: crooked -- not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
11. uncoiled -- no longer coiled
synonyms: uncoiled
antonyms: coiled -- curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
12. straight -- free from curves or angles; "a straight line"
antonyms: curved -- having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
13. straight -- neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
14. straight -- not homosexual
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
15. true -- accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"
synonyms: true
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
16. square -- without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
synonyms: square, straightforward
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
17. neat -- without water; "took his whiskey neat"
synonyms: neat, full-strength
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
18. straight -- following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
19. square -- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
synonyms: square
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- adverb
20. directly -- without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
synonyms: directly, direct
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
21. directly -- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"
synonyms: directly, flat
antonyms: indirectly -- not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
22. straight -- in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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Antonyms
crooked -- having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
curly -- (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair"
crooked -- not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
coiled -- curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"
curved -- having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
indirectly -- not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"

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