1. straight
adverb. ['ˈstreɪt'] without deviation.
Synonyms
- directly
Antonyms
- noncompliance
- nonobservance
Etymology
- streght (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Words that Rhyme with Straight
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- circumnavigate
- recriminate
- solid-state
- silverplate
- remunerate
- multistate
- intrastate
- interrelate
- disinflate
- demodulate
- translate
- stagflate
- reinstate
- procreate
- desecrate
- conjugate
- commutate
- underrate
- tri-state
- recreate
- postdate
- interstate
- conflate
- upstate
- telerate
- sumgait
- restate
- reflate
- prorate
Example sentences of the word straight
1. Verb, past participle
Each pole will fit in the last empty prong which is sticking straight up from the connector.
2. Verb, past tense
Keep the drill straight up and down as you drill the hole.
3. Noun, singular or mass
Keep a light grip on the handles, with your shoulders relaxed and your back straight.
4. Adjective
Push the dumbbell back until your arm is straight and pull forward to the starting position.
5. Adverb
A dust ruffle, if you use one, should be straight rather than full of ruffles.
Quotes containing the word straight
1. Hope is the most exciting thing in life, and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away, there is still that chance all through your life that it will.
- Josh Hartnett
2. Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
- Lillian Hellman
3. Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
- Samuel Daniel
2. straight-out
adjective. without reservation or exception.
Synonyms
- outright
- unlimited
Antonyms
- conditional
- modified
- competent
3. straight
adjective. ['ˈstreɪt'] successive (without a break).
Synonyms
- uninterrupted
- consecutive
Antonyms
- dullness
- angularity
- roundness
Etymology
- streght (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. straight
adverb. ['ˈstreɪt'] in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly.
Synonyms
- flat
Antonyms
- corruptibility
- untruthfulness
Etymology
- streght (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. straight
adjective. ['ˈstreɪt'] having no deviations.
Synonyms
- untwisted
- vertical
- direct
- shape
- aligned
- configuration
- perpendicular
- unbent
- form
- conformation
Antonyms
- horizontal
- inclined
- crooked
- oblique
Etymology
- streght (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. straight
adjective. ['ˈstreɪt'] (of hair) having no waves or curls.
Synonyms
- waviness
- curliness
- uncurled
Antonyms
- straightness
- secondary
- dispose
- indispose
Etymology
- streght (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. straight
adjective. ['ˈstreɪt'] erect in posture.
Synonyms
- upright
- vertical
- unbowed
- unbent
Antonyms
- ill health
- unfitness
- nonaligned
- parallel
Etymology
- streght (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. straight
adjective. ['ˈstreɪt'] in keeping with the facts.
Antonyms
- sharpness
Etymology
- streght (Middle English (1100-1500))
9. straight
adjective. ['ˈstreɪt'] following a correct or logical method.
Synonyms
- right
Antonyms
- wrong
- nonhierarchical
Etymology
- streght (Middle English (1100-1500))
10. straight
adjective. ['ˈstreɪt'] characterized by honesty and fairness.
Synonyms
- straightarrow
- transparent
- honest
- guileless
- honorable
- lawful
- honestness
- square
- aboveboard
- straightforward
Antonyms
- crooked
- unlawful
- dishonesty
- inability
Etymology
- streght (Middle English (1100-1500))