straight

adj

1. direct, uncurved, undeviating, unswerving, unbent, unbowed; linear, lineal, in a line; straightaway, straightforward, straight-lined, straight as an arrow, dead straight.

2. level, even, flat, smooth, horizontal; perfect, true, right, just right, Inf. O.K., Inf. all right, Brit. Sl. bang on.

3. frank, candid. See straightforward(def. 3).

4. upright, upstanding, honest, honorable, aboveboard; virtuous, moral, righteous, right-minded; law-abiding, straight-arrow, conventional, conformist, conservative, Inf. square. See also straightforward(defs. 5, 6).

5.Informal, (all in reference to information, reports, etc.) reliable, trustworthy, trusty, dependable, to be depended or relied upon, tried and true; authentic, from the horse's mouth.

6.(all of ideas, arguments, etc.) right, correct, veracious; sound, valid, sensible, good, sober, well-founded, well-grounded.

7. orderly, in order or proper order, neat, tidy, shipshape, spruce, straightened-out, Inf. fixed-up, in place.

8. continuous, running, nonstop, round the clock, twenty-four hour, unintermittent; unbroken, uninterrupted, successive, consecutive.

9.U.S. thoroughgoing, through and through, complete, total, full; categorical, unconditional, unreserved, unmitigated, unqualified; absolute, sheer, utter, out-and-out, outright, downright, U.S. Inf. straight-out; perfect, proper, veritable, born, Inf. plumb, Inf. regular.

10. unmodified, unaltered; uncut, unadulterated, unmixed, undiluted, unwatered; pure, unmingled, unblended, alloyed, uncombined, unsophisticated.

11.Slang. heterosexual, normal.

adv

12. directly, straightly, in a straight line, Inf. down the pipe, Inf. down the alley, Inf. in the groove. See also straightforward(def. 7).

13. square, squarely, flush, right; plumb, plump, Inf. smack-dab.

14. frankly, candidly, forthrightly, straightforwardly; plainly, explicitly, unequivocally, undisguisedly, in plain words or English, with no nonsense, all joking aside; outspokenly, freely, boldly, unreservedly, unabashedly, uninhibitedly, with no holds barred, with no punches pulled.

15. honestly, honorably, justly, fairly, equitably, aboveboard; virtuously, righteously, morally; by the book, along the straight and narrow.

16. straight off

straightaway. See straightaway(def. 2).