| Sounds | strey't | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | successive (without a break). | |
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| Example | "sick for five straight days" | |
| Synonym | consecutive | |
| Broader | continuous, uninterrupted | Continuing in time or space without interruption |
| Spanish | consecutivo, seguido | |
| Catalan | consecutiu, seguit | |
| Meaning | Having no deviations. | |
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| Attribute of | shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation | Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) |
| Narrower | aligned | In a straight line |
| unbent | not bent / bent / bent | |
| untwisted | not twisted | |
| See also | direct | direct in spatial dimensions |
| vertical, perpendicular | At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line | |
| Opposite | crooked | Having or marked by bends or angles |
| Spanish | recto | |
| Catalan | recte | |
| Nouns | straightness | freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles |
| Adverbs | straight | without deviation |
| Meaning | (of hair) having no waves or curls. | |
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| Example | "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" | |
| Attribute of | curliness, waviness | (of hair) a tendency to curl |
| Narrower | uncurled | not having been curled |
| unpermed | not having had a permanent wave | |
| Opposite | curly | (of hair) having curls or waves |
| Spanish | liso | |
| Catalan | llis | |
| Nouns | straightness | (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl |
| Meaning | Erect in posture. | |
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| Example | "sit straight" | |
| Synonyms | unbent, unbowed | |
| Broader | erect, vertical, upright | upright in position or posture |
| Spanish | derecho, enderezado, erguido, recto, rígido, tieso | |
| Catalan | dreçat, dret, erecte, recte, rígid, tes | |
| Meaning | In keeping with the facts. | |
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| Broader | accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
| Meaning | Characterized by honesty and fairness. | |
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| Example | "straight dealing" | |
| Synonym | square | |
| Attribute of | honesty, honestness | The quality of being honest |
| Narrower | aboveboard, straightforward | Without concealment or deception |
| guileless, transparent | Free of deceit | |
| straightarrow | conventionally moral and upright | |
| See also | honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud |
| lawful | conformable to or allowed by law | |
| Opposite | crooked, corrupt | not straight |
| Spanish | sincero | |
| Nouns | straightness | having honest intentions |
| Meaning | no longer coiled. | |
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| Synonym | uncoiled | |
| Narrower | uncurled | not curled |
| Opposite | coiled | curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) |
| Spanish | desenrollado, desenroscado, recto | |
| Meaning | Free from curves or angles. | |
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| Example | "a straight line" | |
| Narrower | trabeated, trabeate | not arcuate |
| uncurved, uncurving | Having no curves | |
| Opposite | curved, curving | Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend |
| Spanish | derecho, recto | |
| Nouns | straight | a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse |
| straightness | freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles | |
| Meaning | neatly arranged; not disorderly. | |
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| Example | "the room is straight now" | |
| Broader | tidy | marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits |
| Meaning | not homosexual. | |
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| Broader | heterosexual | sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | informal | |
| Nouns | straight | a heterosexual person |
| straightness | a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex | |
| Meaning | accurately fitted; level. | |
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| Synonym | true | |
| Broader | even | Level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture |
| Spanish | regular | |
| Meaning | Without evasion or compromise. | |
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| Example | "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" | |
| Synonyms | square, straightforward | |
| Broader | direct | Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action |
| Spanish | claro, directo, franco | |
| Nouns | straightness | having honest intentions |
| Meaning | Without water. | |
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| Synonyms | neat, full-strength | |
| Broader | undiluted | not diluted |
| Spanish | solo | |
| Meaning | Following a correct or logical method. | |
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| Example | "straight reasoning" | |
| Broader | correct, right | Free from error |
| Spanish | correcto | |
| Nouns | straightness | trueness of course toward a goal / goal |
| Meaning | rigidly conventional or old-fashioned. | |
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| Synonym | square | |
| Broader | conventional | unimaginative / unimaginative and conformist |
| Usage of | slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
| Spanish | carca, carroza | |
| Meaning | A heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex. | |
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| Synonyms | heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | hetero, heterosexual | |
| Catalan | hetero, heterosexual | |
| Adjectives | straight | not homosexual |
| Meaning | A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit). | |
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| Broader | poker hand | The 5 cards held in a game of poker |
| Spanish | escala, escalera | |
| Catalan | escala | |
| Meaning | A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse. | |
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| Synonym | straightaway | |
| Narrower | stretch | A straightaway section of a racetrack |
| Broader | section, segment | One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object |
| Spanish | recta | |
| Catalan | recta | |
| Adjectives | straight | free from curves or angles |
| Meaning | Without deviation. | |
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| Synonyms | directly, direct | |
| Spanish | derecho, directamente, directo | |
| Catalan | directament | |
| Adjectives | straight | having no deviations |
| Meaning | In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly. | |
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| Example | "told me straight out" | |
| Synonyms | directly, flat | |
| Opposite | indirectly | not in a forthright manner |
| Spanish | directamente | |
| Catalan | directament | |
| Meaning | In a straight line; in a direct course. | |
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| Example | "the road runs straight" | |
| Spanish | derecho, recto | |
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