Straight

Quick meaning: Straight is an adjective meaning Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.

Meaning

Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.

More Meanings

1. (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
2. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
3. (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
4. (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
5. Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
6. Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
7. Serious rather than comedic.

Example Sentences

Mr. Coniff: He did not have his hat on straight; that is the one thing, is it?

There's nothing more annoying than taking a great picture, only to find that the horizon isn't straight.

I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing.

The other people, I presume, are supposed to be standing to attention, but they're all smiling at me. The lines are not even straight.

Word Forms

• straighter
• straightest
• streight
• straights
• straighting
• straighted

Synonyms for straight

Depending on context, synonyms include hetero, straightedge, breeder, bourgeois, mainstreamer, mainstreamist.

Antonyms for straight

Common opposites include bent, crooked, curved, mixer, corrupt, coiled.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include directly, straightforward, direct, right, accurate, honest.

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